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Hypocritical Non-Aligned Movement communiqué supports Iran’s continued nuclear stonewalling
September 7, 2012

By David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Andrew Ortendahl

The 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit ended on August 31 in Tehran with the adoption of a communiqué that is… Read More ›

Iran’s heading of the Non-Aligned Movement: Lead up to more confrontation?
August 29, 2012

By Andrew Ortendahl and Andrea Stricker

Iran recently took over leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), a 120-nation consortium of developing countries, for a period of… Read More ›

Support the Reformist Call for a National Referendum over Iran’s Nuclear Program:
August 20, 2012

An Economically Misguided Nuclear Program is Not Worth the Suffering

By Lyle Bacaltos and Andrea Stricker

 

On July 10, 2012 Abdollah Nouri, an Iranian reformist politician and cleric,… Read More ›

Potential Change in Iran’s Nuclear Fatwa?
August 2, 2012

By Lyle Bacaltos

An official Iranian statement released on August 9, 2005 at a meeting with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) claimed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a… Read More ›

The Physics Research Center Telexes: New ISIS Studies and Findings
May 16, 2012

ISIS is releasing four new reports based on its further assessment of a set of about 1,600 telexes detailing the procurement activities of Iran’s Physics Research Center (PHRC) in the… Read More ›

Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Responds to Evidence of New Activity at Parchin Site
May 11, 2012

Iran began to provide an explanation for the activity at the Parchin site seen in the new commercial satellite image by denying that it was associated with… Read More ›

Media Matters’ Faulty Report on Broadcast Media
April 19, 2012

Media Matters for America has published a misleading report on whether the broadcast news networks misrepresent intelligence on Iranian nuclear issues.  The methodology used… Read More ›

No Obama Letter to Iran?
January 20, 2012

On January 18, conservative Iranian lawmaker Ali Motahari announced and Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast confirmed that President Barack Obama had sent a letter to Supreme… Read More ›

January 30, 2013
Day after Alleged Sabotage at Fordow: Hardly the Expected Emergency Response

Satellite imagery from the day following the alleged underground explosion at the Fordow fuel enrichment site shows not exterior signs of damage and no significant emergency or clean up activity.

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January 25, 2013
Taking Stock and Moving Forward on the Issue of the Parchin High Explosives Test Site

In satellite imagery from January 17, 2013 several activities at the site appear to be almost complete while there is also evidence of new construction work

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January 16, 2013
Steering Iran Away from Building Nuclear Weapons

Methods from the past may stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons today and in the future and avoiding war.

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January 14, 2013
U.S. Nonproliferation Strategy for the Changing Middle East

A major study and recommendations on the policy towards Iran’s nuclear program and wider Middle East nonproliferation issues. The report is co-authored by David Albright,, Mark Dubowitz, Orde Kittrie, Leonard Spector and Michael Yaffe.

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January 14, 2013
Executive Summary - U.S. Nonproliferation Strategy for the Changing Middle East

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December 19, 2012
The AP Graphs: A Preliminary Discussion

A closer look at the errors and implications of the alleged nuclear explosion yield graph published by the Associated Press

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December 12, 2012
Update on Ongoing Construction at the Parchin High Explosive Test Site

Latest satellite imagery shows construction work continuing with pace at the Parchin test site in Iran.

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November 29, 2012
Significant Changes Made to Parchin High Explosives Test Site, Further Activity Likely

Significant Changes Made to Parchin High Explosives Test Site, Further Activity Likely

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January 29, 2013
Why Has Iran Slowed Its Nuclear Program—on Purpose?
The AtlanticAccording to Israeli intelligence, cyberattacks and malfunctions were only part of the reason for the deceleration.
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January 29, 2013
White House Debunks Iran Nuclear Explosion, But Iran Denies Planting Story
The Daily BeastWhite House spokesman Jay Carney, responding to questions about the report at a briefing Monday, said that Washington didn’t believe it. “We have no information to confirm the allegations in that report, and we do not believe the report is credible.”
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January 24, 2013
No final word on Egypt hosting Iran, world nuclear talks: Diplomat
Ahram onlineEgypt did not take a final decision on hosting the next round of nuclear talks between Iran and world powers, an Egyptian diplomatic source told Egyptian state-run news agency MENA on Thursday.
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January 24, 2013
EU chides Iran over nuclear talks venue proposals
DON MELVIN and GEORGE JAHN, Associated PressThe European Union rebuked Iran on Wednesday in unusually direct language, suggesting it was willfully delaying new nuclear talks with six world powers by changing venues and setting preconditions on how the negotiations should be conducted.
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January 24, 2013
Uncertainty, pessimism over next Iran nuclear talks
Simon Sturdee, Agence France PresseMore than two months after US President Barack Obama's re-election opened the way for new six-power nuclear talks with Iran, no date or location for their first meeting since June has been set.
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January 24, 2013
Iran’s Agenda: Why Tehran Plays Hard to Get on Nuclear Diplomacy
Tony Karon, TIMEDespite Iranians’ suffering under the burden of ever-tightening Western sanctions, analysts believe Tehran has been evading a new round of nuclear talks with the P5+1 — the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany — because it believes Western powers don’t plan to offer substantially more than the package rejected by Iran at the previous round of talks i
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January 24, 2013
Davos 2013: Kissinger says Iran nuclear crisis close
BBCFormer US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has warned that a crisis involving a nuclear Iran is in the "foreseeable future".
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January 24, 2013
Russia warns Israel, West against attack on Iran
ReutersRussia warned Israel and the West on Wednesday against any military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities but suggested Tehran should be quicker to cooperate over inspections of its nuclear sites.
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