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Iran: ISIS Reports

2010

Supplement to Iran’s Gas Centrifuge Program: Taking Stock
David Albright and Christina Walrond March 3, 2010

IAEA Report on Iran: Enrichment at Natanz improving; entire LEU tank moved to PFEP ; no progress on weaponization February 18, 2010

French Court Delays Decision over Extradition of Majid Kakavand February 17, 2010

Busting the Members at the Core of Iran’s Smuggling Networks for Nuclear, Missile, and Conventional Military Goods*
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker February 16, 2010

Former Iranian Ambassador Arrested in Britain for Allegedly Assisting Iran-Directed Smuggling Scheme
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker February 16, 2010

Inventive U.S. Sting Operation Catches Iran-Based Military Equipment Smuggler
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel Stricker February 16, 2010

Middleman Majid Kakavand Arrested for Allegedly Directing Malaysia-Based Iranian Illicit Procurement Scheme
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker February 16, 2010

Arrest Made in Germany of Core Iranian Procurement Agent
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker February 16, 2010

Iran’s Gas Centrifuge Program:  Taking Stock
David Albright and Christina Walrond February 11, 2010

Iran’s enrichment for the Tehran Research Reactor:  Update
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire February 9, 2010

Iran’s recent statements about production of fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor:  A quick review
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire February 8, 2010

Questions and Answers regarding Iranian document: “Outlook for special neutron-related activities over the next 4 years” January 5, 2010

2009

Iran’s Uranium Stockpile Dwindling
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire December 30, 2009

The Trials of the German-Iranian Trader Mohsen Vanaki: The German Federal Intelligence Service Assesses that Iran Likely Has a Nuclear Weapons Program (Updated for December 15, 2009)
David Albright and Christina Walrond December 15, 2009

Documents Assessing the Organizational Structure of FEDAT December 14, 2009

Farsi and English Versions of Document on Neutron Initiator December 14, 2009

New Document Reopens Question on Whether Iran’s Nuclear Weaponization Work Continued Past 2003 December 14, 2009

Further Comments Regarding the BAS Article on Fordow
David Albright and Paul Brannan December 4, 2009

Critique of Recent Bulletin of Atomic Scientists article on the Fordow Enrichment Plant
David Albright and Paul Brannan November 30, 2009

New Satellite Image Further Narrows Fordow Construction Start Date
Paul Brannan November 18, 2009

IAEA Report on Iran: Fordow enrichment plant at “advanced stage of construction;” decline in number of P1 centrifuges enriching but P1 centrifuge efficiency increases; discovery of previously unknown stock of heavy water
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire November 16, 2009

Satellite Imagery Narrows Qom Enrichment Facility Construction Start Date
Paul Brannan November 5, 2009

A Smuggler’s Use of the U.S. Financial System to Receive Illegal Payments from Iran
Andrea Scheel Stricker October 23, 2009

Update: Smuggler Previously Convicted of Aircraft Export Control Violations; Disguised Company As a Larger Operation
Andrea Scheel Stricker October 23, 2009

Decision Reached on Vanaki Case: Landgericht Finds Defendant Guilty, Issues Suspended Sentence
David Albright and Christina Walrond October 23, 2009

The Trials of the German-Iranian Trader Mohsen Vanaki: The German Federal Intelligence Service Assesses that Iran Likely Has a Nuclear Weapons Program
David Albright and Christina Walrond October 23, 2009

Technical Note: Annual Future Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel Requirements for the Tehran Research Reactor
David Albright October 7, 2009

Timeline 1967-1993: Argentine Low-Enriched Uranium at the Tehran Research Reactor
Christina Walrond October 7, 2009

Excerpts from Internal IAEA Document on Alleged Iranian Nuclear Weaponization October 2, 2009

Qom Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment Site in Iran May Have Been Re-purposed Tunnel Facility
Paul Brannan September 29, 2009

Suspected Qom Enrichment Plant Site Imagery Overlay by Ogle Earth September 28, 2009

New Satellite Imagery of Suspected Gas Centrifuge Site Near Qom, Iran September 27, 2009

Satellite Imagery of Two Possible Sites of the Qom Enrichment Facility in Iran September 25, 2009

U.S. statements regarding the disclosure of the Qom enrichment plant September 25, 2009

What is Venezuela Up To? Chavez’s Latest Efforts to Purchase Nuclear Technology are Cause for Concern
Andrea Scheel September 22, 2009

Natanz Enrichment Plant: How to Measure Progress
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Jacqueline Shire September 1, 2009

ISIS Analysis of the August 2009 IAEA Report on Iran: Centrifuges increase; Rate of LEU production steady; progress on inspection requests at Arak and Natanz; no progress on possible military dimensions
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Jacqueline Shire August 28, 2009

Update on the Arak Heavy Water Reactor in Iran August 25, 2009

Mysteries Deepen Over Status of Arak Reactor Project
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Robert Kelley August 11, 2009

A Smuggler’s Procurement of Nuclear Dual-Use Pressure Transducers for Iran
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel July 14, 2009

Misconceptions about Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire July 8, 2009

IAEA Report on Iran: Centrifuge and LEU increases; access to Arak reactor denied; no progress on outstanding issues
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire June 5, 2009

Iran’s Procurement of U.S. Military Aircraft Parts: Two case studies in illicit trade
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel May 21, 2009

Video Tour of Iranian Nuclear Sites April 10, 2009

Nuclear Weapon Breakout Scenarios: Correcting the Record
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire and Paul Brannan March 18, 2009

Issue Brief on Official Statements regarding Iran March 12, 2009

Is Iran Running Out of Yellowcake?
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire and Paul Brannan February 11, 2009

A Company’s Discretion Detects Large Iranian Valve Orders by Scrutinizing Items and End-Users Instead of Lists
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel January 28, 2009

Nuclear Iran: Not Inevitable
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel January 21, 2009

How Cooperation between a Company and Government Authorities Disrupted a Sophisticated Illicit Iranian Procurement
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel January 12, 2009

Iranian Entities’ Illicit Military Procurement Networks
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel January 12, 2009

2008

Has Iran Achieved a Nuclear Weapons Breakout Capability? Not Yet, But Soon.
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire, and Paul Brannan December 2, 2008

IAEA Report on Iran: Enriched Uranium Output Steady; Centrifuge Numbers Expected to Increase Dramatically; Arak Reactor Verification Blocked
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire, and Paul Brannan November 19, 2008

Arak Heavy Water Reactor Construction Progressing
David Albright and Paul Brannan November 13, 2008

Unprecedented Projected Nuclear Growth in the Middle East: Now is the Time to Create Effective Barriers to Proliferation
David Albright and Andrea Scheel November 12, 2008

Centrifuge Operation Significantly Improving; Gridlock on Alleged Weaponization Issues Analysis of the September 15, 2008 IAEA Report on Iran
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Jacqueline Shire September 15, 2008

Can military strikes destroy Iran’s gas centrifuge program? Probably not.
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Jacqueline Shire August 7, 2008

May 26, 2008 IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran: Centrifuge Operation Improving and Cooperation Lacking on Weaponization Issues Rev. 2
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire, and Paul Brannan May 29, 2008

Briefing notes from February 2008 IAEA meeting regarding Iran’s nuclear program April 11, 2008

Presidential Candidates on Iran’s Nuclear Program
Jelena Avramovic and Andrea Scheel February 22, 2008

IAEA Iran latest—A Balanced Safeguards Report
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire February 22, 2008

Iran Installing More Advanced Centrifuges at Natanz Pilot Enrichment Plant: Factsheet on the P-2/IR-2 Centrifuge
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire February 7, 2008

2007

November IAEA Report: Centrifuge File Not Closed; Natanz Enrichment Expands
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire November 15, 2007

A Witches’ Brew? Evaluating Iran’s Uranium-Enrichment Progress
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire November 1, 2007

Iran’s Nuclear Program: What the 2008 Presidential Candidates are Saying
Jelena Avramovic and Andrea Scheel October 17, 2007

IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran: Limited Progress in enrichment; controversial strategy on outstanding issues; continued defiance of UN Security Council
Jacqueline Shire and David Albright August 30, 2007

A Flawed IAEA-IRAN Agreement On Resolving Outstanding Issues
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire August 28, 2007

New Tunnel Construction at Mountain Adjacent to the Natanz Enrichment Complex Iran should allow IAEA inspections of tunnel facility
David Albright and Paul Brannan July 9, 2007

IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran: Iran making progress but not yet reliably operating an enrichment plant
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire and Paul Brannan May 25, 2007

ISIS Imagery Brief: Further Construction at Arak 40 MW Heavy Water Reactor
David Albright and Paul Brannan March 20, 2007

Iran’s Centrifuges: How well are they working?
Jacqueline Shire and David Albright March 15, 2007

2006

Latest IAEA Report on Iran: Continued Progress on Cascade Operations, No New Cooperation with IAEA
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire November 14, 2006

Iran’s Nuclear Program: Flawed House Intelligence Committee Report Should Be Amended or Withdrawn
Jacqueline Shire and David Albright November 9, 2006

Iran’s NPT Violations – Numerous and Possibly On-Going?
Jacqueline Shire and David Albright September 29, 2006

Iran’s Response to the EU: Confused but Sporadically Hopeful
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire September 11, 2006

Iran’s Centrifuge Program: Defiant but Delayed
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire August 31, 2006

IAEA Inspectors and Iran Clash Over Frequency of Inspections of Underground Facilities
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire August 23, 2006

Better Carrots, Not Centrifuges: Why Iran must halt enrichment and How the U.S. can make it happen
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire July 10, 2006

When Could Iran Get the Bomb? July 1, 2006

ISIS Imagery Brief: Update on Construction Activities at Arak 40 MW Heavy Water Reactor
Paul Brannan and David Albright April 21, 2006

ISIS Imagery Brief: New Activities at the Esfahan and Natanz Nuclear Sites in Iran
Paul Brannan and David Albright April 14, 2006

The Clock is Ticking, But How Fast?
David Albright and Corey Hinderstein March 27, 2006

ISIS Imagery Brief: New Satellite Image of the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Complex in Iran January 13, 2006

Iran’s Next Steps: Final Tests and the Construction of a Uranium Enrichment Plant
David Albright and Corey Hinderstein January 12, 2006

2005

Iran Proposal to the EU Falls Far Short of an Acceptable Agreement May 3, 2005

Tunnel Entrance to the Underground Facilities at Natanz, Iran May 2, 2005

ISIS Imagery Brief: Kalaye Electric March 31, 2005

Iran Should Grant the IAEA Further Access to Parchin March 24, 2005

Iran Constructing the 40 MW Heavy Water Reactor at Arak Despite Calls Not to Do So by the European Union and the IAEA Board of Governors March 4, 2005

New Satellite Images Show Tunnel Construction at Esfahan Facility in Iran February 17, 2005

2004

Countdown to Showdown November 1, 2004

Parchin: Possible Nuclear Weapons-Related Site in Iran
David Albright and Corey Hinderstein September 15, 2004

ISIS Imagery Brief: Destruction at Iranian Site Raises New Questions About Iran’s Nuclear Activities June 17, 2004

The Centrifuge Connection
David Albright and Corey Hinderstein March 1, 2004

2003

Iran, Player or Rogue? September 1, 2003

Furor over Fuel May 1, 2003

The Iranian Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment Plant at Natanz: Drawing from Commercial Satellite Images
David Albright and Corey Hinderstein March 14, 2003

Iran at a Nuclear Crossroads
David Albright February 20, 2003

2002

Iran Building Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities: International Transparency Needed
David Albright and Corey Hinderstein December 12, 2002

1995

An Iranian bomb? July 1, 1995