Iran: Reports

2024

Darkhovin Nuclear Power Reactor: Another Blemish on Iran’s Safeguards Compliance
David Albright and Mohammadreza Giveh March 25, 2024

Imagery Update: Construction is Ongoing at the Natanz Tunnel Facility
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and the Good ISIS Team March 25, 2024

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — February 2024
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and Andrea Stricker [1] March 4, 2024

Analysis of the IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - February 2024
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] March 4, 2024

The Iran Threat Geiger Counter: Reaching Extreme Danger
Institute for Science and International Security February 5, 2024

How quickly could Iran make nuclear weapons today?
David Albright January 8, 2024

2023

Satellite Imagery Update on Alabuga Shahed-136 Drone Factory - No snow day for Russia's drone production!
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Victoria Cheng [1] December 20, 2023

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — November 2023
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and Andrea Stricker [1] November 20, 2023

Electronics in the Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drone
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard November 14, 2023

Visible Progress at Russia’s Shahed Drone Production Site Satellite Imagery Update and Call for Action
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and the Good ISIS team November 13, 2023

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - September 2023
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and Andrea Stricker September 8, 2023

Highlights of Institute Assessment of Alabuga Drone Documents Supplied by Dalton Bennett at the Washington Post
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso August 17, 2023

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - May 2023
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and Andrea Stricker [1] June 6, 2023

Analysis of the IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - May 2023
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] June 1, 2023

The Iran Threat Geiger Counter: Moving Toward Extreme Danger
Institute for Science and International Security May 10, 2023

Updated Highlights of Comprehensive Survey of Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges - March 2023 [1]
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso March 21, 2023

Comments on the Recent IAEA NPT Safeguards Report and Joint Iran/IAEA Statement
Institute for Science and International Security March 6, 2023

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - February 2023
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and Andrea Stricker [1] March 3, 2023

Is Iran Contributing to Russian Drone Manufacturing in Yelabuga? Russian drone manufacturer, established in same city as visited by Iranian drone delegation, also advertises Western drone components
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso February 23, 2023

2022

Iran Building Nuclear Weapons
David Albright December 5, 2022

Updated Highlights of Comprehensive Survey of Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges for December 2022 [1]
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso December 1, 2022

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - November 2022
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and Andrea Stricker November 16, 2022

The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - November 2022
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] November 14, 2022

Imagery Update: Iran Adds Expected Fourth Tunnel Entrance to its Natanz Tunnel Complex [1]
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard November 9, 2022

Iranian Drones in Ukraine Contain Western Brand Components
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso October 31, 2022

Iran’s Vastly Increased Advanced Centrifuge Deployment at Natanz Underground Facility
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso October 25, 2022

Iran Threat Assessment: Introducing the Iran Threat Geiger Counter
Institute for Science and International Security October 20, 2022

The Nuclear Deal in Charts, Assuming a Revived Nuclear Deal
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso October 20, 2022

Updated Highlights of Comprehensive Survey of Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges - September 2022[1]
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso September 22, 2022

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - September 2022
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] September 9, 2022

The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - September 2022
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] September 8, 2022

The Fourth Nuclear-Weapons-Related Testing Site Located: Another Parchin Site, More Undeclared Nuclear Material Possible
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard [1] September 7, 2022

Iran’s Latest Advanced Centrifuge Deployment
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso August 4, 2022

Further Indications of Iran’s Renewed Interest in Maraging Steel for its Nuclear Enrichment Program
Sarah Burkhard and David Albright July 14, 2022

The IR-6 Centrifuge Needs Further Development
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard July 14, 2022

Video Walk-Through of Iran’s New Interim Centrifuge Assembly Center
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard June 29, 2022

Updated Highlights of Comprehensive Survey of Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges - June 2022 [1]
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso June 13, 2022

Gchine Coverup Part 3: Involvement of Amad and MOD
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard June 9, 2022

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - May 2022
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] June 6, 2022

The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - May 2022
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] June 2, 2022

Iranian Breakout Timeline Now at Zero
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard June 1, 2022

Codifying Support for Nuclear Inspections
David Albright May 13, 2022

Imagery Update: Iran Continues to Harden its New Natanz Tunnel Complex [1]
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard May 5, 2022

Entering Dangerous, Uncharted Waters:  Iran’s 60 Percent Highly Enriched Uranium
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard April 11, 2022

Updated Highlights of Comprehensive Survey of Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges [1]
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso March 17, 2022

The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - March 2022
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard March 8, 2022

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - March 2022
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] March 4, 2022

More Demolition at the Marivan Former Nuclear Weapons Development Site
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard * March 1, 2022

Where are Iran’s new centrifuge manufacturing capabilities?
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso February 16, 2022

Iran’s Natanz Tunnel Complex: Deeper, Larger than Expected
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and John Hannah [1] January 13, 2022

Takeaways from 2021:  Five Consequential Findings about Iran from a Year of Research and Analysis January 7, 2022

2021

A Comprehensive Survey of Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso December 2, 2021

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - November 2021
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] November 19, 2021

The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - November 2021
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] November 17, 2021

A Technical Note on Iran’s Current Stocks of 20 and 60 Percent Enriched Uranium
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard November 5, 2021

Iran’s Recent, Irreversible Nuclear Advances
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard [1] September 22, 2021

Iranian Illicit Procurement Scheme to Acquire Controlled Spectrometry Systems Busted
Spencer Faragasso and Sarah Burkhard September 16, 2021

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - September 2021
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] September 13, 2021

The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - September 2021
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker[1] September 9, 2021

Highlights of Iran’s Perilous Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons
David Albright with Sarah Burkhard and the Good ISIS Team August 24, 2021

Reflections on Iran’s Production of 60% Enriched Uranium[1]
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard June 17, 2021

The International Inspectors Hold the Key to Truly Bringing Iran into Compliance with the Nuclear Deal’s Key Peaceful Pledge
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard June 14, 2021

Just What is Going on at Sanjarian?
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard June 14, 2021

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - May 2021
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] June 7, 2021

The IAEA’s Latest Iran NPT Safeguards Report: No Progress, No Accountability?
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] June 4, 2021

Priority List of Sites Deserving/Requiring International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Inspections, with Employee Interviews
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard May 20, 2021

Unknown Amad Sites, Prior to the Nuclear Archive Seizure
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard May 18, 2021

The IAEA’s Latest Iran NPT Safeguards Report: Tehran Continues to Stonewall Inspectors
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker[1] February 25, 2021

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report -  February 2021
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] February 25, 2021

Update on Natanz: Construction Progresses Towards Large-scale Tunnel Complex
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian January 11, 2021

2020

Abadeh is Marivan (Revised and Updated): A Key Iranian Former Secret Nuclear Weapons Development Test Site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian November 18, 2020

Analysis of November 2020 IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] November 12, 2020

The Amad Plan Pilot Uranium Conversion Site, Which Iran Denies Ever Existed
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian November 9, 2020

Post Script:  Looking at the new construction activity near Natanz from a new perspective November 5, 2020

Update on New Construction Activity at Natanz
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian October 30, 2020

Looking for Evidence of the Construction of Iran’s New Centrifuge Assembly Plant: New Possible Preparations Identified
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian October 7, 2020

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] September 4, 2020

Update on Assessing the Detonation at the Natanz Iran Centrifuge Assembly Center: New High Resolution Satellite Imagery Refines Details on the Explosion and Fire
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian July 9, 2020

Damage to the Iran Centrifuge Assembly Center (ICAC) at Natanz Is Far More Severe and Extensive Than Previously Reported
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian July 8, 2020

Mysterious Fire and Explosion in the New Natanz Advanced Centrifuge Assembly Facility
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian July 3, 2020

Iran Defies the International Atomic Energy Agency: The IAEA’s Latest Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Frank Pabian, and Andrea Stricker [1] June 10, 2020

The Alleged Nuclear Weapons Development Site near Abadeh, Iran
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian June 10, 2020

Analysis of the IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report
by David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1] June 8, 2020

Statement by the Institute for Science and International Security on Sanctions, the Coronavirus, and the Need to Verifiably Dismantle Iran’s Uranium Enrichment Program
David Albright, President April 27, 2020

Iranian Breakout Estimates and Enriched Uranium Stocks
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard April 21, 2020

A Technical and Policy Note on Iran’s Recent Uranium Enrichment Capacity Claims - An Annex summarizes the status of Iran’s enrichment program, based on the last quarterly report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard April 15, 2020

Shahid Mahallati: “Temporary” Plant for Manufacturing Nuclear Weapon Cores
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian April 8, 2020

New Information about Iran’s Production of Uranium Hexafluoride under the Amad Plan
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard [1] April 2, 2020

Project Midan: New Information from the Archive
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian March 5, 2020

Intensive Nuclear Weapons Component Testing Campaign during the Amad Plan
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard March 5, 2020

Gchine Coverup: Part 2
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard February 20, 2020

Iran’s Early Development of Nuclear Weapons Codes— An Example from the Nuclear Archive of a Project Proposal at Imam Hussein University
David Albright and Mark Gorwitz February 18, 2020

2019

Presence of Undeclared Natural Uranium at the Turquz-Abad Nuclear Weaponization Storage Location
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Olli Heinonen[1], and Frank Pabian [2] November 20, 2019

IAEA Iran Safeguards Report Analysis - Iran Commits Multiple Violations of the Nuclear Deal, Several Non-Reversible
David Albright and Andrea Stricker* November 13, 2019

New Estimates of Iran’s Breakout Capabilities at Declared Sites Using a New, Simple-to-Use Breakout Calculator
David Albright with Sarah Burkhard September 3, 2019

IAEA Iran Safeguards Report Analysis: Nuclear Deal Violations Persist, Cooperation Decreasing
David Albright and Andrea Stricker September 2, 2019

Conversion of Fordow: Another Unfulfilled Hope of the Iran Nuclear Deal
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Frank Pabian, and Jack Toole July 10, 2019

IAEA Iran Safeguards Report Analysis: Iran Pushes Past an Advanced Centrifuge Limit
David Albright and Andrea Stricker May 31, 2019

Opportunity for a New Iran Nuclear Deal - Stop driving into the sunset looking through the rearview mirror
David Albright and Andrea Stricker May 22, 2019

Iranian Pathway to a Nuclear Weapon Under the Amad Plan–What we learned from the Nuclear Archives May 21, 2019

From Iran’s Nuclear Archive: Schematics of Warhead in a Shahab-3 Re-entry Vehicle May 17, 2019

Interactive Iranian Nuclear Weapon Schematic May 17, 2019

The Hill op-ed: What to Do with the Crown Jewels of Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright and Olli Heinonen** May 16, 2019

From Iran’s Nuclear Archive: Image of Pin Dome Used in Hydrodynamic Testing of a Nuclear Weapon May 16, 2019

From Iran’s Nuclear Archive: Organizational Chart of Project 110, Amad Supraorganizational Plan May 15, 2019

Neutron Source: Iran’s Uranium Deuteride Neutron Initiator [1] May 13, 2019

From the Iranian Nuclear Archive: Image of Flyer Plate and Assembly System May 13, 2019

Shock Wave Generator for Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program:  More than a Feasibility Study
David Albright and Olli Heinonen** May 7, 2019

Summary of Report: Project Midan: Building an Underground Nuclear Test Site in Iran [1]
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Olli Heinonen, Frank Pabian, and Andrea Stricker April 25, 2019

Summary of Report: The Fordow Enrichment Plant, aka Al Ghadir [1] - Iran’s Nuclear Archive reveals Fordow was built originally to make weapon- grade uranium for 1-2 nuclear weapons per year
David Albright, Frank Pabian [2], and Andrea Stricker April 25, 2019

Iran’s Long-Term Centrifuge Enrichment Plan: Providing Needed Transparency
Institute for Science and International Security April 25, 2019

Brief Response to IISS Piece
David Albright and Andrea Stricker April 8, 2019

National Interest Op-ed: Don’t Rejoin the Iran Deal, Fix It
David Albright and Andrea Stricker April 5, 2019

IAEA Visits Turquz-Abad: Too Little, Too Late? The IAEA Has Many More Sites to Inspect Associated with the Iranian Nuclear Archive
David Albright and Andrea Stricker April 4, 2019

Project Midan: Developing and Building an Underground Nuclear Test Site in Iran
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Olli Heinonen*, Frank Pabian**, and Andrea Stricker April 2, 2019 Main report, with Annex I

The Fordow Enrichment Plant, aka Al Ghadir: Iran’s Nuclear Archive Reveals Site Originally Purposed to Produce Weapon-Grade Uranium for 1-2 Nuclear Weapons per Year
David Albright, Frank Pabian*, and Andrea Stricker March 13, 2019 PDF file of report

Summary of Report: The Plan: Iran’s Nuclear Archive Shows It Planned to Build Five Nuclear Weapons by mid-2003 [1]
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Andrea Stricker March 6, 2019

Summary of Report: Breaking Up and Reorienting Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program [1] - Iran’s Nuclear Archive Shows the 2003 Restructuring of its Nuclear Weapons Program, then called the Amad Program, into Covert and Overt Parts
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Andrea Stricker March 6, 2019

Summary of Report: A Key Missing Piece of the Amad Puzzle: The Shahid Boroujerdi Project for Production of Uranium Metal and Nuclear Weapons Components [1]
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, Frank Pabian, and Andrea Stricker March 6, 2019

Summary of Report: Anatomy of Iran’s Nuclear Deception and How Iran Benefited
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, Frank Pabian, and Andrea Stricker March 6, 2019

The Time is Now to Act on the Iranian Nuclear Archives March 6, 2019

The Iranian Nuclear Archive:  Implications and Recommendations
David Albright, Olli Heinonen [1], and Andrea Stricker February 25, 2019

Parsing Iran’s Claims about Quickly Reconstituting the IR-40: Are the Plutonium Pathway Restrictions Undermined?
David Albright and Andrea Stricker February 5, 2019

A Key Missing Piece of the Amad Puzzle: The Shahid Boroujerdi Project for Production of Uranium Metal & Nuclear Weapons Components
David Albright, Olli Heinonen [1], Frank Pabian [2], and Andrea Stricker January 11, 2019 PDF file of report

2018

Anatomy of Iran’s Deception and How Iran Benefited - Iran’s Nuclear Archive Confirms Gchine Uranium and Yellowcake Production Plant were Originally Part of a Clandestine Nuclear Weapons Fuel Cycle. Yet, Gchine never stopped operating.
David Albright, Olli Heinonen [1] , Frank Pabian [2], and Andrea Stricker December 19, 2018

Case Study: How Extraterritorial Enforcement Can Disrupt Iran’s Illicit Financing Schemes - the Example of Huawei and Skycom
Andrea Stricker December 13, 2018

Revealed: Emptying of the Iranian “Atomic Warehouse” at Turquz Abad
David Albright, Olli Heinonen[1], Frank Pabian[2], and Andrea Stricker November 29, 2018

The Plan: Iran’s Nuclear Archive Shows it Planned to Build Five Nuclear Weapons by mid-2003
David Albright, Olli Heinonen*, and Andrea Stricker November 20, 2018

Breaking Up and Reorienting Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program - Iran’s Nuclear Archive Shows the 2003 Restructuring of its Nuclear Weapons Program, then called the AMAD Program, into Covert and Overt Parts
David Albright, Olli Heinonen,[1] and Andrea Stricker October 29, 2018

New Information about the Parchin Site: What the Atomic Archive Reveals About Iran’s Past Nuclear Weapons Related High Explosive Work at the Parchin High Explosive Test Site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Olli Heinonen,[1] and Frank Pabian[2] October 23, 2018

Previously Identified: Iran’s New Centrifuge Assembly Workshop
David Albright and Andrea Stricker June 6, 2018

Technical Note on Iran’s Enrichment-Related Notifications to the IAEA
David Albright and Andrea Stricker June 5, 2018

Statement Regarding the U.S. Decision to Terminate Participation in the JCPOA
Institute for Science and International Security May 8, 2018

It Fits! Qom Site Layout
David Albright and Frank Pabian May 1, 2018

Iran’s Investigation of Possible Underground Nuclear Test Sites in the AMAD Program prior to 2004
Institute for Science and International Security May 1, 2018

Iran Nuclear Deal Procurement Channel Update: Is it being bypassed?
David Albright and Andrea Stricker March 26, 2018

Washington Post op-ed: Europe’s best chance on Iran could soon evaporate
David Albright and Andrea Stricker January 3, 2018

2017

Analysis of the IAEA’s Eighth Iran Nuclear Deal Report: The JCPOA two years after Adoption Day
David Albright and Andrea Stricker November 13, 2017

Note on the Question of Iran/North Korean Cooperation
David Albright and Andrea Stricker October 16, 2017

Update on Iran’s Compliance with the JCPOA Nuclear Limits- Iran’s Centrifuge Breakage Problem: Accidental Compliance
David Albright September 21, 2017

Strengthening the Counter-Illicit Nuclear Trade Regime in the Face of New Threats: A Two-Year Review of Proliferation Threats Associated with the Middle East
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, Sarah Burkhard, and Erica Wenig September 12, 2017

Analysis of the IAEA’s Seventh Iran Nuclear Deal Report: Still Little Detail and Potential Verification Problems
David Albright and Andrea Stricker September 1, 2017

Verifying Section T of the Iran Nuclear Deal: Iranian Military Site Access Essential to JCPOA Section T Verification
David Albright and Olli Heinonen[1] August 31, 2017

Nuclear Infrastructure and Proliferation Risks of the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Egypt
Sarah Burkhard, Erica Wenig, David Albright, and Andrea Stricker August 25, 2017

Revisiting Parchin: With plenty of evidence of past Iranian nuclear weapons activity at Parchin, the IAEA needs to revisit the site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Olli Heinonen,[1] Allison Lach, and Frank Pabian[2] August 21, 2017

Status of the Iran Nuclear Deal’s Procurement Channel
David Albright and Andrea Stricker August 16, 2017

Enforcing the Iran Nuclear Deal More Effectively and Holistically ; A Response to Recent Analysis by IISS
David Albright and Andrea Stricker June 16, 2017

Analysis of the IAEA’s Sixth Iran Nuclear Deal Report:  A Return to More Limited Data
David Albright and Andrea Stricker June 5, 2017

Is Iran Mass Producing Advanced Gas Centrifuge Components? Can we even know with the way the Iran deal has been structured and implemented so far?
David Albright and Olli Heinonen May 30, 2017

WSJ op-ed: Trump Tries a ‘Waive-and-Slap’ Approach to Tehran
Mark Dubowitz and David Albright May 17, 2017

U.S. Export Control Reform: Impacts and Implications for Controlling the Export of Proliferation-Sensitive Goods and Technologies, A Policy Document for the New President and Congress
Andrea Stricker with David Albright May 17, 2017

Case Study: U.S. Man Indicted in Larger Iranian Financial Sanctions Busting Scheme
Andrea Stricker May 3, 2017

Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Ambitions and Proliferation Risks
Sarah Burkhard, Erica Wenig, David Albright, and Andrea Stricker March 30, 2017

Case Study: Guilty Plea for Charge of Exporting Metallic Powder to Iran
Andrea Stricker March 23, 2017

Analysis of the IAEA’s Fifth Iran Nuclear Deal Report
David Albright and Andrea Stricker* March 3, 2017

Comment on New Joint Commission Decision to Address Iran’s Hold Up Material at the EUPP
David Albright January 12, 2017

2016

Heavy Water Loophole in the Iran Deal
David Albright and Andrea Stricker December 21, 2016

Case Study: Two Arrested in Iranian Aircraft Parts Trafficking Scheme, Result of U.S. Sting Operation
Andrea Stricker December 7, 2016

Case Study: Four Turkish Nationals Indicted for Making Illicit U.S. Financial Transactions
Andrea Stricker November 30, 2016

Analysis of the IAEA’s Fourth Iran Deal Report: Time of Change
David Albright and Andrea Stricker November 15, 2016

Analysis of the IAEA’s Third Iran Deal Report: Filling in Missing Details
David Albright and Andrea Stricker September 9, 2016

In Response to Reactions over our JCPOA Exemptions Paper
David Albright and Andrea Stricker September 6, 2016

JCPOA Exemptions Revealed
David Albright and Andrea Stricker September 1, 2016

Previously Sanctioned Iranian Entities Doing Business in China
David Albright and Andrea Stricker July 7, 2016

Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Attempted Carbon Fiber Procurement
David Albright and Andrea Stricker July 7, 2016

Parchin: Will the IAEA Verify the Absence of Nuclear Weapons Activities in Iran?
By David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker June 20, 2016

IAEA’s Second JCPOA Report: Key Information Still Missing May 31, 2016

Update on Iran’s Stocks of 3.5 Percent Low Enriched Uranium, Rev. 1 May 27, 2016

State Department’s Questionable Testimony on U.S. Heavy Water Purchase from Iran
David Albright and Andrea Stricker May 26, 2016

Update on Iran’s Stocks of 3.5 Percent Low Enriched Uranium
David Albright May 23, 2016

U.S. Purchase of Iran’s Heavy Water: Encouraging a Dangerous Nuclear Supplier
David Albright and Andrea Stricker May 23, 2016

Case Study: Nuclear Traffickers Conspired to Procure High Speed Cameras
David Albright and Andrea Stricker May 19, 2016

The Iran Nuclear Deal’s Procurement Channel: Overcoming Post-Implementation Day Issues
David Albright and Andrea Stricker April 21, 2016

IAEA’s First Post-Implementation Day Report: Key Information Missing
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker February 26, 2016

Parchin after Implementation Day: When Will the IAEA Go?
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini February 17, 2016

Implementation Day Report
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini January 17, 2016

2015

Making Sense of Iran’s Stocks of 3.5 and Near 20 percent LEU
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini December 23, 2015

Taking Stock of Iran’s Near 20 Percent LEU
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini December 14, 2015

JCPOA Procurement Channel: Architecture and Issues
David Albright and Andrea Stricker December 11, 2015 Power Point download

Analysis of the IAEA’s Report on the PMD of Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini December 8, 2015

Parchin in the IAEA’s Final Assessment on the PMD to Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini December 3, 2015

Initial Reactions to the IAEA’s PMD Report
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini December 2, 2015

Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
By David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, and Daniel Schnur November 19, 2015

Addressing the Military Dimensions of Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Andrea Stricker November 4, 2015

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
David Albright and Andrea Stricker September 28, 2015

IAEA Visit to the Parchin Site
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini September 22, 2015

Additional Taiwan-Based Element of Iranian Military Goods Procurement Network Exposed
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, Daniel Schnur, and Sarah Burkhard September 16, 2015

Parchin Site Update and Debate
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini September 11, 2015

Preliminary Assessment of the JCPOA Procurement Channel
David Albright and Andrea Stricker August 31, 2015

ISIS Analysis of the IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, and Daniel Schnur August 28, 2015

Breakout Timelines Under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
David Albright, Houston Wood, and Andrea Stricker August 18, 2015

Flawed Analysis by Robert Kelley in IHS Jane’s 360
Institute for Science and International Security August 13, 2015

WP Op-Ed: What Iran’s Hostile Reaction to the Parchin Issue Means for the Nuclear Deal
David Albright August 10, 2015

Satellite Imagery Does Not Support Iranian Road Work Claim at Parchin
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker August 7, 2015

Renewed Activity at the Parchin Site in Iran
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini August 5, 2015

ISIS Analysis of JCPOA (Verification and Heavy Water Reactor Restrictions)
Institute for Science and International Security July 28, 2015

ISIS Analysis of JCPOA (LEU Cap, Civil Nuclear Benefits, JCPOA Fundamental Goal)
Institute for Science and International Security July 22, 2015

ISIS Analysis of JCPOA (LEU Stocks, Plutonium Pathway, and PMD)
Institute for Science and International Security July 21, 2015

On-Going Debate Over Iran’s Newly Produced LEU Hexafluoride
David Albright and Andrea Stricker July 3, 2015

Resolving the IAEA’s PMD Concerns Concretely Prior to the Lifting of Key Sanctions
David Albright July 2, 2015

Iran’s Newly Produced Low Enriched Uranium Hexafluoride: Not Fully Converted
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker July 1, 2015

The U.S. Fact Sheet’s Missing Part: Iran’s Near 20 Percent LEU Updated June 5, 2015 with new IAEA data
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini June 5, 2015

State Department Explanation of Iran’s Newly Produced 3.5 Percent Enriched Uranium Falls Short
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini June 5, 2015

Iran’s Stock of Less than Five Percent Low Enriched Uranium June 2015 Update
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini June 2, 2015

ISIS’s Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report May 29, 2015

Parchin: A Pre-Comprehensive Agreement Update
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini May 26, 2015

Case Study: Skilled Procurement Ring Charged in Illegally Obtaining Goods for Iran
By Christopher Coughlin and Andrea Stricker May 5, 2015

The U.S. Fact Sheet’s Missing Parts: Iran’s Near 20 Percent LEU
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini May 4, 2015

Comments on the April 20, 2015 IAEA Report on the Status of Iran’s Compliance with the JPA
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini April 22, 2015

ISIS Note: Why Access to Iranian Military Sites Matters in a Long-Term Deal
Christopher Coughlin April 13, 2015

P5+1/Iran Framework: Needs Strengthening
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Houston Wood April 11, 2015

Updates to ISIS Illicit Trade Case Studies
Christopher Coughlin and Andrea Stricker April 1, 2015

Preventing Proliferation Assistance between Iran and other Proliferant States or Entities
David Albright and Andrea Stricker March 30, 2015

ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
By David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, Paulina Izewicz, and Daniel Schnur February 20, 2015

ISIS’s initial findings from the Iran safeguards report
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, Paulina Izewicz, and Daniel Schnur February 19, 2015

Modifications at the Parchin Site: A Comprehensive Timeline; New Imagery Suggests Re-Asphalting
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Christopher Coughlin February 11, 2015

2014

Case Study: Iranian Illicit Financing for Quds Force’s Overseas Purchases
David Albright and Jack Dishner December 17, 2014

Update on IR-5 Centrifuge Issue: Taking Stock
David Albright and Andrea Stricker December 16, 2014

Stopping Iran’s Illicit Nuclear Procurement
Ian J. Stewart and Andrea Stricker December 12, 2014

Iran’s Stock of near 20 Percent LEU under the Extension of the Joint Plan of Action
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, and Andrea Stricker December 8, 2014

Update on Iran’s Stock of Less than Five Percent Low Enriched Uranium
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz November 24, 2014

Analysis of Status of Iran’s Compliance with the Joint Plan of Action
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, and Andrea Stricker November 24, 2014

Provisions to Limit Future Iranian Illicit Procurements for Its Nuclear Programs
David Albright and Olli Heinonen November 20, 2014

A Note on Iran’s IR-5 Centrifuge Feeding
David Albright and Andrea Stricker November 20, 2014

Revisiting Iran’s Stock of Near 20 Percent LEU
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz November 18, 2014

Evaluating Iran’s Stock of Less than Five Percent Low Enriched Uranium
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz November 18, 2014

ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini November 7, 2014

Initial Reaction to IAEA Safeguards Report
Intitute for Science and International Security November 7, 2014

Covering all the Iran Nuclear Breakout Paths in the P5+1 Negotiations
David Albright November 6, 2014

A New Approach to Resolve Military Aspects of Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright and Olli Heinonen November 5, 2014

Event: Albright, Perkovich, Pletka on Iran October 24, 2014

Update on Alleged Explosion at Parchin Military Complex
David Albright, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini October 21, 2014

Finding the Site of the Alleged Explosion at the Parchin Military Complex
David Albright, Joseph Bermudez, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Stephen Wood October 9, 2014

Technical Note: Making Sense out of the IR-8 Centrifuge
David Albright September 23, 2014

Technical Note: Making Sense out of Iran’s Offers to Cut its SWUs
David Albright September 23, 2014

Compendium of ISIS’s Reports and Recommendations on the P5+1/Iran Long-Term Deal Negotiations
Institute for Science and International Security September 22, 2014

Iran Admits Illegally Acquiring Goods for its Nuclear Programs
David Albright, Daniel Schnur, and Andrea Stricker September 10, 2014

Advisory: United States Enforces Existing Sanctions against Key Iranian Company
David Albright and Andrea Stricker September 9, 2014

ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini September 5, 2014

Update on Parchin: A Necessary Piece of a Comprehensive Nuclear Deal
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, and Daniel Schnur September 3, 2014

Centrifuge Research and Development Limitations in Iran
Institute for Science and International Security August 29, 2014

Time is Short for Iran to Address IAEA’s Nuclear Weapon Concerns
Institute for Science and International Security August 1, 2014

Iran’s Near 20 Percent Stock: Status and Need to Reduce Size
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz July 31, 2014

“The Six’s” Guiding Principles in Negotiating with Iran
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Andrea Stricker July 22, 2014

Iranian Breakout Study Drastically Overestimates Time to Nuclear Weapon
David Albright and Andrea Stricker June 17, 2014

Comments on the Princeton Group’s Proposal on Iran: Appendix 1 Centrifuge R&D Limitations June 12, 2014

Comments on the Princeton Group’s Proposal on Iran
ISIS June 12, 2014

In Response to Gareth Porter’s Ridiculous Attack
David Albright June 9, 2014

Five Compromises to Avoid in a Comprehensive Agreement with Iran
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Andrea Stricker June 3, 2014

Spin, Spin, Spin
David Albright and Andrea Stricker May 27, 2014

ISIS Analysis of the IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini May 23, 2014

Making Iran Come Clean About Its Nukes
David Albright and Bruno Tertrais May 15, 2014

Parchin: Resolution Urgent
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini May 12, 2014

Case Study- Serial Proliferator Karl Li: China’s Continued Refusal to Act
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Donald Stewart May 8, 2014

Case Study: Chinese Citizen’s Involvement in the Supply of MKS Pressure Transducers to Iran Preventing a Reoccurrence
Ian J. Stewart, Andrea Stricker, and David Albright April 30, 2014

Case Study- Suspicious Advertisements for High Quality Maraging Steel The question of Electrovek Steel’s Farsi language web site
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Donald Stewart, and Andrea Stricker April 28, 2014

Case Study- Canada Prosecutes Company for Possible Nuclear Related Export to Iran
David Albright and Andrea Stricker April 24, 2014

Olli Heinonen on Iran’s implementation of the JPA
Olli Heinonen March 25, 2014

Update on Iran’s Total Near 20 Percent Enriched Uranium Stock
David Albright, Patrick Migliorini, Christina Walrond, and Houston Wood March 11, 2014

The Iran Primer- Centrifuges: Key to Final Nuclear Deal
David Albright and Andrea Stricker March 10, 2014

Changes Visible at Parchin Nuclear Site Why Parchin Matters to a Final Deal
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini February 25, 2014

Update on Lashkar Ab’ad: Iran’s Laser Enrichment Capabilities
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini February 24, 2014

Iran’s Centrifuge Research and Development Program: Revised
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz February 24, 2014

Additional Centrifuge Plants: Update
David Albright and Andrea Stricker February 24, 2014

ISIS Analysis of the IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker February 20, 2014

Maintaining a Six-Month Breakout Timeline in Iran
David Albright, Patrick Migliorini, Christina Walrond, and Houston Wood February 17, 2014

Exploding Bridge Wire Issue: A Crack in the Door?
David Albright February 12, 2014

Case Study - U.S. Busts Iranian Smuggling Scheme Involving a Nuclear-Related Good
David Albright and Andrea Stricker January 31, 2014

Iran’s Centrifuge Research and Development Program
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz January 27, 2014

Defining Iranian Nuclear Programs in a Comprehensive Solution
ISIS January 21, 2014

Update on Fordow Centrifuge Site: Future Uncertain
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini January 13, 2014

2013

No Significant Changes Visible at Parchin Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini December 10, 2013

Iran’s Negotiating Track with the IAEA
David Albright and Andrea Stricker November 26, 2013

The Rocky Path to a Long-Term Settlement with Iran
David Albright November 25, 2013

ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker November 15, 2013

Determining the Irreducible Elements of an Interim Agreement with Iran:  A Freeze Plus
ISIS November 5, 2013

Case Study - Getting to the Core: United States Charges Iranian with Missile Export Violations
Andrea Stricker November 4, 2013

Iranian Breakout Estimates - Summary
Patrick Migliorini, David Albright, Houston Wood, and Christina Walrond October 24, 2013

Iranian Breakout Estimates, Updated September 2013
Patrick Migliorini, David Albright, Houston Wood, and Christina Walrond October 24, 2013

David Albright’s Testimony on Iran before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
David Albright October 3, 2013

An Appeal to Iran
David Albright and Christina Walrond September 19, 2013

Misleading Statement on Iran’s 20 Percent Low Enriched Uranium Conversion
David Albright and Christina Walrond September 13, 2013

ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker August 28, 2013

Quick Reaction to IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran August 28, 2013

Update on the Parchin Site
David Albright and Robert Avagyan August 22, 2013

Modeling Iran’s Tandem Cascade Configuration for Uranium Enrichment by Gas Centrifuge
William C. Witt, Patrick Migliorini, David Albright, Houston Wood July 31, 2013

Critical Capability
David Albright and Christina Walrond July 30, 2013

Lashkar Ab’ad:  Iran’s Unexplained Laser Enrichment Capabilities
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini July 29, 2013

Iran’s Critical Capability in 2014: Verifiably Stopping Iran from Increasing the Number and Quality of its Centrifuges
David Albright and Christina Walrond July 17, 2013

Update on the Arak Reactor
David Albright and Christina Walrond July 15, 2013

Can Rouhani Deliver a Nuclear Deal?  Can he be Trusted?
Meredith Tull and Andrea Stricker June 19, 2013

ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report of May 22, 2013
David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker May 22, 2013

Iran Laying Asphalt at the Suspect Parchin Site May 22, 2013

Stopping an Undetectable Iranian Bomb
David Albright, Mark Dubowitz, and Orde Kittrie March 27, 2013

Preventing the Suppression of Uncomfortable Truths on Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright March 7, 2013

Basic Attack Strategy of Stuxnet 0.5 rev. 1
the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) February 28, 2013

ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
by David Albright, Christina Walrond, Andrea Stricker, and Robert Avagyan February 21, 2013

Flawed Bloomberg Article on Iran Nuclear Sanctions
David Albright and Andrea Stricker February 20, 2013

Ring Magnets for IR-1 Centrifuges
David Albright February 13, 2013

Day after Alleged Sabotage at Fordow: Hardly the Expected Emergency Response
David Albright, Robert Avagyan and Andrea Stricker January 30, 2013

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

Steering Iran Away from Building Nuclear Weapons
David Albright and Andrea Stricker January 16, 2013

U.S. Nonproliferation Strategy for the Changing Middle East
David Albright,, Mark Dubowitz, Orde Kittrie, Leonard Spector and Michael Yaffe January 14, 2013

Executive Summary - U.S. Nonproliferation Strategy for the Changing Middle East
David Albright,, Mark Dubowitz, Orde Kittrie, Leonard Spector and Michael Yaffe January 14, 2013

Press Release - Project on U.S. Middle East Nonproliferation Strategy January 14, 2013

2012

The AP Graphs: A Preliminary Discussion
David Albright December 19, 2012

Update on Ongoing Construction at the Parchin High Explosive Test Site
David Albright and Robert Avagyan December 12, 2012

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

Understanding the IAEA’s Mandate in Iran: Avoiding Misinterpretations
By David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Orde Kittrie November 27, 2012

ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
by David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker November 16, 2012

Aiding the Physics Research Center’s Overseas Procurements: Role of Applied Science Co. and Akebono Boeki Co. November 15, 2012

Appendix: Applied Science Telexes November 15, 2012

Comments on Wall Street Journal Editorial and Our Breakout Estimates*
David Albright, Christina Walrond, William Witt, and Houston Wood October 30, 2012

United States Prosecutes U.S.-Based Smuggler Working for Iran
Andrea Stricker October 26, 2012

Discouraging Any Iranian Decision to Produce Highly Enriched Uranium
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond October 25, 2012

Parchin High Explosives Test Site Activity Still Ongoing
David Albright and Robert Avagyan October 17, 2012

Iran’s Evolving Breakout Potential
William C. Witt, Christina Walrond, David Albright and Houston Wood October 8, 2012

Revisiting Danilenko and the Explosive Chamber at Parchin: A Review Based on Open Sources
David Albright and Robert Avagyan September 17, 2012

Revisiting Vyacheslav Danilenko: His Origins in the Soviet Nuclear Weapons Complex
Mark Gorwitz September 17, 2012

V. V. Danilenko’s Expertise in Explosive Chambers:  Translated Selections from the 2003 Book
Robert Avagyan September 17, 2012

Time for Action on Iran at IAEA Board of Governors Meeting
David Albright and Andrea Stricker September 11, 2012

Hypocritical Non-Aligned Movement communiqué supports Iran’s continued nuclear stonewalling
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Andrew Ortendahl September 7, 2012

ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report from August 30, 2012
David Albright, Christina Walrond, Andrea Stricker, and Robert Avagyan August 30, 2012

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

New Phase of Suspect Activity at Parchin Site
David Albright and Robert Avagyan August 24, 2012

Support the Reformist Call for a National Referendum over Iran’s Nuclear Program
Lyle Bacaltos and Andrea Stricker August 20, 2012

British Bank Accused of Doing Massive Illegal Iran Business: Settles with New York Authorities
Andrea Stricker August 15, 2012

Major U.S. Sting Operation Arrests Iranian in Nuclear Smuggling Network
David Albright and Andrea Stricker August 10, 2012

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

Cleanup Activity at Suspected Parchin Test Site Appears Complete: Site Considerably Altered
David Albright and Robert Avagyan August 1, 2012

Activity at Parchin Explosive Testing Site Continues: Time Running Out for a Sound IAEA Inspection
David Albright and Robert Avagyan July 2, 2012

Suspected Clean-Up Activity Continues at Parchin Military Complex: Considerable Dirt Movement Near Suspect Building
David Albright and Robert Avagyan June 20, 2012

Iranian Production of 19.75 Percent Enriched Uranium:  Beyond Its Realistic Needs
David Albright and Christina Walrond June 15, 2012

Déjà vu at Fordow? What are Iran’s enrichment plans?
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond June 4, 2012

Is Iran Building a Third Enrichment Plant?
David Albright and Andrea Stricker June 4, 2012

Further Activity at Suspected Parchin Explosive Testing Complex:  Two Small Buildings Razed
David Albright and Robert Avagyan May 30, 2012

ISIS Analysis of the May 25, 2012 IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Production of 3.5% Enriched Uranium Increases Significantly; Iran Continues to Increase its Stock of 19.75% LEU; Rapid Installation of Large Numbers of IR-1 Centrifuge Outer Casings Not a Prelude to Dramatically Increased Centrifuge Deployment at Natanz or Fordow; Advanced Centrifuge Program Still Troubled But Makes Some Progress
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond May 25, 2012

The Physics Research Center Telexes: New ISIS Studies and Findings
David Albright and Paul Brannan May 16, 2012

Iranian Smuggling for Military Nuclear Programs: From Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group to the PHRC
David Albright and Paul Brannan May 16, 2012

Telexes: Front Company Kala Naft
David Albright and Paul Brannan May 16, 2012

Telexes: Amir Kabir University and Dr. Shahmoradi
David Albright May 16, 2012

The Telexes: Whole Body Counters and the Physics Research Center
David Albright and Paul Brannan May 16, 2012

Case Study - U.S. Company Charged with Pressure Transducer Sales: Who Were the End Users? May 14, 2012

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

Opening the Door to a Solution with Iran
David Albright and Olli Heinonen* May 9, 2012

New Satellite Image Shows Activity at Parchin Site in Iran
David Albright and Paul Brannan May 8, 2012

Internal IAEA information links the Supreme Leader to 1984 decision to seek a nuclear arsenal April 20, 2012

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

A Freeze Today, Not in the Future, to Iran’s 20 Percent Enrichment
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, Paul Brannan, and Christina Walrond April 10, 2012

Early Satellite Image Shows Foundation for High Explosive Test Chamber at Parchin Site in Iran: What was the Chamber for?
David Albright and Paul Brannan April 10, 2012

U.S. Intelligence Estimates and the Iranian Nuclear Program
David Albright and Paul Brannan April 9, 2012

The New National Intelligence Estimate on Iran: A Step in the Right Direction
David Albright and Paul Brannan March 22, 2012

Department 70 and the Physics Research Center: Extensive Interest in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technologies
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Mark Gorwitz, and Andrew Ortendahl March 19, 2012

Appendix for Department 70 March 15, 2012

Communication Dated 2 March 2012 received from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Agency, GOV/INF/2012/4 March 15, 2012

Satellite Image of Building Which Contains a High Explosive Test Chamber at the Parchin Site in Iran
David Albright and Paul Brannan March 13, 2012

Preventing Iran From Getting Nuclear Weapons: Constraining Its Future Nuclear Options
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Andrea Stricker, Christina Walrond, and Houston Wood March 5, 2012

ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Production of 20% Enriched Uranium Triples; Iran Increases Number of Enriching Centrifuges at Natanz FEP by Nearly 50% and Signals an Intention to Greatly Expand the Number of Centrifuges at Both Natanz and Fordow; Advanced Centrifuge Program Appears Troubled February 25, 2012

The Physics Research Center and Iran’s Parallel Military Nuclear Program
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Stricker February 23, 2012

PHRC telex appendix February 23, 2012

No Obama Letter to Iran? January 20, 2012

Reality Check: Shorter and Shorter Timeframe if Iran Decides to Make Nuclear Weapons Rev.1
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Andrea Stricker and Andrew Ortendahl January 18, 2012

2011

No Visible Evidence of Explosion at Esfahan Nuclear Site; Adjacent Facility Razed December 8, 2011

Vyacheslav Danilenko – Background, Research, and Proliferation Concerns
Mark Gorwitz November 29, 2011

Satellite Image Showing Damage from November 12, 2011 Blast at Military Base in Iran
Paul Brannan November 28, 2011

Iran’s Ridiculous Distraction November 18, 2011

ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Part II - Iran’s Work and Foreign Assistance on a Multipoint Initiation System for a Nuclear Weapon
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Mark Gorwitz and Andrea Stricker November 14, 2011

ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Part 1 IAEA Details Evidence of Nuclear Weaponization Activities in Violation of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty; Enrichment at Natanz Continues to Stagnate; Three Cascades of IR-1 Centrifuges Installed at Fordow, Low Enriched Uranium Cylinder Moved to Fordow
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond November 8, 2011

Iran Nuclear Issue – Considerations for a Negotiated Outcome
John Carlson November 4, 2011

Debunking Gregory Jones Again
David Albright and Christina Walrond October 27, 2011

Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges
David Albright and Christina Walrond October 19, 2011

Performance of the IR-1 Centrifuge at Natanz
David Albright and Christina Walrond October 19, 2011

New Satellite Imagery of Iranian Nuclear Sites on Google Earth October 11, 2011

Ahmadinejad Reiterates Willingness to Halt 20 Percent Enrichment September 22, 2011

Determining the purpose of Iran’s growing stock of 19.75 percent enriched uranium : Production should be capped.
David Albright and Christina Walrond September 21, 2011

Natanz Enrichment Site: Boondoggle or Part of an Atomic Bomb Production Complex?
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond September 21, 2011

Critique of a Recent Breakout Estimate at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP)*
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Christina Walrond September 20, 2011

Ahmadinejad and Abbasi-Davani at Odds on Enrichment Claims September 14, 2011

ISIS Analysis of the IAEA Iran Safeguards Report from September 2, 2011
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond September 2, 2011

ISIS Analysis Part II: Iran’s Critique of May 24, 2011 IAEA Safeguards Report: More Obfuscation
Andrea Stricker September 2, 2011

Abbasi-Davani Interview on Iran’s 20 Percent Enrichment August 31, 2011

Two Recent Media Reports to Note on Iran’s Nuclear Program August 29, 2011

Iran Moving Centrifuges to Fordow August 24, 2011

Iran’s Critique of May 24, 2011 IAEA Safeguards Report: Arguments Not Based on Facts
Paul Brannan August 12, 2011

ISIS Analysis of Russian Proposal: Ask Iran to Come Clean on Nuclear Weaponization Before Removing Sanctions August 4, 2011

Iran Confirms Installation of Advanced Centrifuges July 19, 2011

Iran Reportedly Installing Advanced Centrifuges July 15, 2011

Iran to IAEA: Drop Nuclear Weaponization Investigation July 13, 2011

Case Study - IRISL and Affiliates Indicted on Financial Conspiracy Charges
Andrea Stricker July 8, 2011

Will Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani lead Iran to nuclear weapons? (Rev. 1)
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Stricker June 24, 2011

Ahmadinejad Announcement Laying Groundwork for Official Policy of Nuclear Ambiguity? June 23, 2011

Iran Signals Continued Delay in Ratifying Nuclear Safety Pact: Is the Bushehr Power Reactor Safe?
David Albright and Andrea Stricker June 22, 2011

UN Report Cites 2 Unreported Long-Range Iranian Missile Launches June 17, 2011

IAEA Worried about Ongoing Military Nuclear Work in Iran
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Stricker June 8, 2011

Moving 20 Percent Enrichment to Fordow:  Slow Motion Breakout Continues?
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Stricker June 8, 2011

Time for Iran to Come Clean and Cooperate With the IAEA
David Albright and Paul Brannan June 7, 2011

ISIS Analysis of May 24, 2011 IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran (Revised May 25)
David Albright, Andrea Stricker and Christina Walrond May 24, 2011

Yadegari Appeal Denied by Canadian Court
Andrea Stricker April 14, 2011

IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Expansion of Natanz Enrichment Plant Lags (Rev. 1) ; LEU Production Not as High as Expected; Iran Readying Advanced Centrifuges for Deployment?
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond February 25, 2011

Stuxnet Malware and Natanz: Update of ISIS December 22, 2010 Report
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Christina Walrond February 16, 2011

Case Study - A Smuggler’s Use of the U.S. Financial System to Receive Illegal Payments from Iran Updated February 11, 2011
Andrea Stricker February 11, 2011

2010

Did Stuxnet Take Out 1,000 Centrifuges at the Natanz Enrichment Plant? Preliminary Assessment
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Christina Walrond December 22, 2010

State Department Cables: Stopping Iran’s and North Korea’s Illicit Procurement for their Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Programs December 10, 2010

IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Shutdown of Enrichment at Natanz Result of Stuxnet Virus? Downgrade in Role of Fordow Enrichment Site; LEU Production May Have Decreased
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond November 23, 2010

Stuxnet Worm Targets Automated Systems for Frequency Converters: Are Iranian Centrifuges the Target?
David Albright and Andrea Stricker November 17, 2010

Avoiding the Legitimization of Iranian Enrichment: Better to Discourage Options Involving the Conversion of Iran’s LEU Stock into Bushehr Reactor Fuel
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Stricker October 27, 2010

Chinese Firms Continue to Evade Iran Sanctions October 19, 2010

Comprehensive Piece on Iranian Military Equipment Smuggler and U.S. Sting Operation October 5, 2010

ISIS Analysis of New Covert Uranium Enrichment Plant Construction Claims September 9, 2010

IAEA Iran Safeguards Report:  Iran Degrading Safeguards Effectiveness; Low Enriched Uranium Production Holds Steady
David Albright and Paul Brannan; Charts prepared by Christina Walrond September 6, 2010

Technical Note:  Iran Recycles the Tails in the Production of 19.75 Percent Uranium August 6, 2010

Case Study - Yadegari Sentenced to 20 Months Plus Time Served ; Worked for Procurement Ring that Supplied Iran’s Enrichment Program
Andrea Stricker August 2, 2010

What is Iran’s competence in operating centrifuges?
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Stricker July 26, 2010

Case Study - Update: New Charges for Irish Company Suspected of Military Exports to Iran
Andrea Stricker July 16, 2010

Has Iran initiated a slow motion breakout to a nuclear weapon?
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Stricker July 12, 2010

Man Suspected of Illicit Nuclear Trade to Iran Found Guilty July 6, 2010

Eli Lake’s New Report and the Inadvertent Conflation of Sources About the Notorious Tinner Family July 2, 2010

New Der Spiegel Article on Iran’s Nuclear Program June 21, 2010

Taking Stock of the Production of 19.75 Percent Uranium at the PFEP
by David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Jacqueline Shire June 11, 2010

IAEA Iran Report:  Enrichment Increases Slightly; Lack of Adequate Safeguards
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
Charts prepared by Christina Walrond May 31, 2010

Was Kakavand’s Acquittal Part of a Quid Pro Quo with Iran? - Update II May 19, 2010

Iran’s Proposed LEU deal:  Skeptical but Awaiting Clarification May 17, 2010

Update: U.S. Extradition Request Denied in France for Alleged Iranian Military Parts Smuggler May 12, 2010

Iran’s new centrifuge:  What do we know about it?
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire, and Paul Brannan April 13, 2010

Defected Iranian Nuclear Scientist Reportedly Worked Across from Secret Nuclear Weapons R&D Facility March 31, 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

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

Case Study - Former Iranian Ambassador Arrested in UK for Alleged Iran-Directed Smuggling Scheme
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker February 16, 2010

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

Case Study - 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

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

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

Case Study - 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

Case Study - 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

Case Study - 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

Case Study - 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

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

Case Study - 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