2025

May 2025 Updated Analysis of Russian Shahed 136 Deployment Against Ukraine
Dr. Igor Anokhin¹ and Spencer August Faragasso May 12, 2025

Iranian Breakout Timelines Under JCPOA-Type Limits
David Albright May 6, 2025

Alabuga Special Economic Zone Post-Attack Analysis and Air Defense Site Identification
Spencer August Faragasso, with the Good ISIS Team May 1, 2025

North Korea’s Uranium Enrichment Facilities: What We Learned from KCNA’s Images
David Albright and Spencer Faragasso with Sarah Burkhard April 24, 2025

New Security Perimeter Around Mt. Kolang Gaz La Secret Nuclear Tunnel Complexes
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and the Good ISIS Team April 23, 2025

The Iran Threat Geiger Counter: Extreme Danger Grows
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and Mohammadreza Giveh April 8, 2025

NEGOTIATING A NEW IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL
Institute for Science and International Security March 24, 2025

Updated Analysis of Russian Shahed 136 Deployment Against Ukraine
Dr. Igor Anokhin ¹ and Spencer Faragasso March 5, 2025

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — February 2025
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso March 3, 2025

The New Nuclear Research Reactor at Esfahan
Maliheh Bitaraf, Mohammadreza Giveh, and the Good ISIS Team February 24, 2025

No, Israel Did Not Use a Nuclear Weapon in Syria: Institute Fact Check
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard and the Good ISIS Team February 3, 2025

Response to Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists article on Iran’s short timeline to a bomb
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard January 24, 2025

Shipment of a Controlled Vacuum Furnace to North Korea via Multiple States:  An HS Code Case Study
David Albright January 15, 2025

New Information on Shenyang Machine Tool Company’s Illicit Sales to North Korea and Russia
David Albright and Spencer Faragasso January 15, 2025

2024

Putin’s Achilles’ Heel Exposed: Now is Not the Time to Weaken Resolve [1]
Andrew Stoltz December 23, 2024

Russian Decoy Drones that Depend on Western Parts Pose a Great Challenge to Ukrainian Defenses
Igor Anokhin and Spencer Faragasso December 18, 2024

Update on Iranian Pharmaceutical Based Agents and the OPCW
Mohammadreza Giveh December 17, 2024

Taleghan 2: Pre- and Post Strike Assessment
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and the Good ISIS Team December 12, 2024

IAEA’s December 6th Update on Iran
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard December 10, 2024

The Islamic Republic and its Axis of Resistance’s Chemical Weapons Threat
Mohammadreza Giveh and David Albright November 27, 2024

The Islamic Republic’s Work on Pharmaceutical Based Agents
Mohammadreza Giveh and the Good ISIS Team November 25, 2024

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — November 2024
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso November 21, 2024

Imagery Update: New Construction at Golab Dareh November 2024
David Albright, Spencer Faragasso, and the Good ISIS Team November 14, 2024

Going for the Bomb: Part II, Tasks to Make a Crude Nuclear Weapon
David Albright and Andrea Stricker November 7, 2024

Going for the Bomb: Part I, Pathways and Timelines
David Albright November 7, 2024

Karl Lee Network Procures Controlled Materials for Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program
Victoria Cheng October 24, 2024

SPND Legal and Budget Analysis
Mohammadreza Giveh October 23, 2024

Al Qusayr Destroyed
David Albright, Spencer Faragasso, and the Good ISIS Team October 7, 2024

Update: Alabuga’s Production Rate of Shahed 136 Drones
David Albright, Dr. Igor Anokhin,¹ and Spencer Faragasso September 26, 2024

Imagery Update: New Construction Identified at the Alabuga Shahed 136 Production Facilities
David Albright, Spencer Faragasso, and the Good ISIS Team September 24, 2024

Action from Semiconductor Companies is Long Overdue
David Albright and Spencer Faragasso September 23, 2024

Chinese Export of Restricted High Priority Battlefield Items to Russia
Spencer Faragasso September 23, 2024

Renewed Activity at the Sanjarian and Golab Dareh Amad Sites
David Albright, Spencer Faragasso, and the Good ISIS Team September 12, 2024

Iran’s Likely Violations of Section T:  Computer Modeling Relevant to Nuclear Weapons Development
Mark Gorwitz, Mohammadreza Giveh, and David Albright September 10, 2024

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — August 2024 1
David Albright, Spencer Faragasso, and Andrea Stricker² September 9, 2024

Analysis of the IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - August 2024 1
David Albright and Andrea Stricker² September 5, 2024

Unsealed Indictment Shows Iranian Agents Acquired Controlled Camera with Nuclear Weapons Application from United States
Sarah Burkhard, Chloe DeVere, and Kendall Roach¹ August 26, 2024

New Indications for Iran’s Lack of Domestic Uranium Resources for Nuclear Power Purposes ; Plenty for Nuclear Weapons
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Paul Tervo, and the Good ISIS Team August 19, 2024

Case Study on smuggling sensitive U.S.-origin items through Chinese front companies to Iranian military entities
Victoria Cheng August 12, 2024

We need a new discussion about Iran’s nuclear weapons work
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard August 6, 2024

Quick Update on the Natanz Mt. Kolang Gaz La Complex; Probable Ventilation Shaft
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and the Good ISIS Team July 31, 2024

Russian Company Drake LLC’s Procurements for JSC Alabuga’s Military Drone Projects - JSC Alabuga’s Weaponization of Commercial Drones for Military Use in Ukraine
David Albright and Spencer Faragasso July 15, 2024

Russian Company Elmak Procures “High Priority” Items for Russia’s War Efforts via China
David Albright and Spencer Faragasso July 11, 2024

Strikes on Russia’s Shahed Launch Capabilities
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Dr. Igor Anokhin, and the Good ISIS Team July 9, 2024

Youth Exploited for Military Drone Production at the Alabuga Special Economic Zone
Spencer Faragasso and David Albright July 1, 2024

Iran/Russia Military Technology Axis: Russia Showcases to Iran New and Advanced Military Technology
David Albright and Spencer Faragasso June 25, 2024

Technical Note: Iran’s Recent Increase in Enrichment Capacity at the Fordow Enrichment Plant
David Albright June 19, 2024

Analysis of the IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - May 2024
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker May 31, 2024

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — May 2024
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and Andrea Stricker [1] May 29, 2024

Alabuga’s Greatly Expanded Production Rate of Shahed 136 Drones
David Albright, Dr. Igor Anokhin,[1] Sarah Burkhard, Victoria Cheng, and Spencer Faragasso May 10, 2024

Alabuga’s Shahed 136 (Geran 2) Warheads: A Dangerous Escalation
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso May 9, 2024

Assessment of the April 2024 Strike on Alabuga Special Economic Zone
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso May 2, 2024

Assessment of Israeli Strike on Iran near Esfahan
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Victoria Cheng, Spencer Faragasso, Mohammadreza Giveh, and the Good ISIS Team April 23, 2024

Memo on Reported Destruction of Secret Workshop in 2020
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and Mohammadreza Giveh April 2, 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

North Korea’s ELWR: Finally Operational After a Long Delay
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Victoria Cheng, and Spencer Faragasso January 23, 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

Russian Lancet-3 Kamikaze Drone Filled with Foreign Parts: Western Parts Enable Russian Lancet-3 Drone to Have Advanced Targeting and Anti-jamming Capabilities
Spencer Faragasso December 18, 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

A Strategic Challenge: A Peddling Peril Index Analysis of Countries’ Restricted Russia Trade
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso July 10, 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

Continued Activity Identified at Al-Qusayr, Syria
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso April 12, 2023

North Korean Nuclear Weapons Arsenal: New Estimates of its Size and Configuration
David Albright April 10, 2023

Underwater Nuclear Drone:  North Korea’s Nuclear Madmen
David Albright March 27, 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

Procurement Data and Safeguards: Looking Historically and to the Future
David Albright November 21, 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

Russian Military UAV Used in Ukraine Depends on Foreign Parts
Spencer Faragasso May 11, 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

Responsible Statecraft Correlates with UN Vote on Russian Invasion of Ukraine : An Application of the 2021 Peddling Peril Index
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso March 21, 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

Serial Bombings Observed at Masyaf, Syria
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian December 28, 2020

New Extension to the Chashma Plutonium Separation Facility
Neil Hyatt[1] and Sarah Burkhard November 30, 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

Alleged Sanctions Violations of UNSC Resolutions on North Korea for 2019/2020: The number is increasing
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso July 1, 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

56 countries[1] involved in violating UNSC Resolutions on North Korea during last reporting period
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Bernadette Gostelow, Maximilian Lim, and Andrea Stricker June 6, 2019

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

Peddling Peril Index (PPI) for 2019
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker May 23, 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

Part II:  Technical Note on Reaching a Denuclearization Agreement with North Korea
Institute for Science and International Security March 6, 2019

Technical Note on Reaching a Denuclearization Agreement with North Korea
Institute for Science and International Security February 25, 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

Op-ed: How North Korea Can be Convinced to Give Up Nuclear Weapons
David Albright and Andrea Stricker January 30, 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

U.S. and Allies Should Hold out for Broad North Korean Declaration and Inspector Access
David Albright and Andrea Stricker October 11, 2018

Revisiting Kangsong: A Suspect Uranium Enrichment Plant
David Albright, with assistance from Sarah Burkhard October 2, 2018

Case Study: Fake Defense Contractor Indicted for Exporting Military Related Drawings to Turkey
Hanah Joudi and Andrea Stricker September 25, 2018

Revisiting Qusayr: Uncertainties Still Abound at Suspect Underground Site in Syria
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Hanah Joudi, and Frank Pabian September 13, 2018

Institute Statement on the Singapore Summit
Institute for Science and International Security June 12, 2018

Summary of North Korea’s Known Gas Centrifuge Program
Institute for Science and International Security June 12, 2018

Commercial Satellite Imagery Analysis for Countering Nuclear Proliferation
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Allison Lach June 8, 2018

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

North Korean Reprocessing Campaign May Have Taken Place
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard June 5, 2018

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

Pakistan’s Growing Uranium Enrichment Program
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian May 30, 2018

Technical Note on a Timeline for North Korean Denuclearization
Institute for Science and International Security May 29, 2018

On the Question of Another North Korean Centrifuge Plant and the Suspect Kangsong Plant
David Albright May 25, 2018

Institute Statement on the Dismantlement of Punggye-ri
David Albright May 25, 2018

New Thermal Power Estimates of the Khushab Nuclear Reactors
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Claire Chopin, and Frank Pabian May 23, 2018

Thermal Power Plant at the Khushab Plutonium Complex is Nearly Complete
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Claire Chopin, and Frank Pabian May 23, 2018

Verified Denuclearization of North Korea:  Mechanics and Prospects
David Albright May 14, 2018 Albright presentation

Understanding North Korea’s Nuclear Weapon Capabilities
David Albright May 9, 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

Statement on Inter-Korean Summit
David Albright April 27, 2018

Correlating a Country’s Economic Output with its Level of Export Controls
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, Bridget Leahy, and Andrea Stricker April 23, 2018

Chongsu Nuclear-Grade Graphite Production Plant? North Korea may be proliferating controlled nuclear goods
David Albright April 20, 2018

Continued Monitoring of the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard April 18, 2018

North Korea Continues Expanding Its Reactor Capability for Making Plutonium for Nuclear Weapons
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard April 5, 2018

Case Study: Two Plead Guilty in Pakistan Illicit Procurement Case
Bridget Leahy and Andrea Stricker March 26, 2018

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

Is the facility at Qusayr, Syria an underground nuclear facility? Public Evidence remains inconclusive
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Frank Pabian March 21, 2018

Sudan/Russian Nuclear Power Cooperation Poses Proliferation Risks
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, Bridget Leahy, and Andrea Stricker March 13, 2018

52 Countries Involved in Violating UNSC Resolutions on North Korea throughout most of 2017
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker March 9, 2018

On-Going Monitoring of Activities at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Allison Lach February 13, 2018

Evidence that the Yongbyon 5 Megawatt-Electric Reactor Remains Operational
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard February 2, 2018

Peddling Peril Index (PPI) for 2017
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker January 31, 2018

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

2017

Countries Involved in Violating UNSC Resolutions on North Korea
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker December 5, 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

Most Nuclear Ban Treaty Proponents are Lagging in Implementing Sound Export Control Legislation
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker September 27, 2017

Transfer of Firearms on U.S. Control Lists Raises Proliferation, Terrorism Concerns
Andrea Stricker and David Albright September 25, 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

Khushab Update
Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Frank Pabian[1] September 7, 2017

Case Study: United States Levies Civil Suits Against Chinese and Russian Entities for Helping North Korea Bust Financial and Nonproliferation Sanctions
Andrea Stricker September 7, 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

Potential Nuclear Weapons-Related Military Area in Baluchistan, Pakistan
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Frank Pabian August 10, 2017

North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities: A Fresh Look - with Power Point Slides
David Albright August 9, 2017 Power Point download

Cobalt 60 Sources in Mosul: Recovery and Lessons for the Future July 22, 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

A Freeze of North Korea’s Nuclear Program: Finding a Definition More Fitting of Today’s Reality
David Albright June 13, 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

North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities: A Fresh Look
David Albright April 28, 2017

Shenyang Machine Tools Company
David Albright April 13, 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

North Korea’s Lithium 6 Production for Nuclear Weapons
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Mark Gorwitz, and Allison Lach March 17, 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

Press Release: New Book on South Africa’s Nuclear Program September 30, 2016

September 2016: Monitoring Activities at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Samta Savla September 20, 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

North Korea’s Suspect, Former Small-Scale Enrichment Plant
David Albright July 21, 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

Plutonium, Tritium, and Highly Enriched Uranium Production at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site North Korea’s nuclear arsenal may be growing significantly
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini June 14, 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

May 2016: Monitoring Activities at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini 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

April 2016: Monitoring Activities at Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini April 29, 2016

Minor Activity at North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini April 25, 2016

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

Correlating the Operation of the Coal Plant to Reprocessing Activities at Yongbyon
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini April 15, 2016

Government Official Raises Concern about Plutonium Separation at Yongbyon
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini April 5, 2016

March 2016: Movement at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini March 23, 2016

North Korea’s IRT Reactor: Has it Restarted? Is it Safe?
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini March 9, 2016

Monitoring Developments at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini March 4, 2016

Khushab Reactors Operational While New Construction Progresses
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini February 29, 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

Update on North Korea’s Reactors, Enrichment Plant, and Possible Isotope Separation Facility
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini February 1, 2016

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

Update of Key Activities at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini January 13, 2016

From the Sky: North Korea’s 2016 Nuclear Test
By David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker January 7, 2016

North Korea’s 2016 Nuclear Test
By David Albright January 6, 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

Plutonium & Highly Enriched Uranium, 2015 - Tables December 9, 2015

Plutonium & Highly Enriched Uranium, 2015 - Charts
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini December 9, 2015

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

Israel’s Military Plutonium Inventory
David Albright November 20, 2015

Highly Enriched Uranium Inventories in South Africa Status as of end of 2014
David Albright November 20, 2015

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

ISIS estimates of civil plutonium stocks worldwide as of the end of 2014.

Civil Plutonium Stocks Worldwide End of 2014
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Daniel Schnur November 16, 2015

Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium Inventories, 2015 November 16, 2015

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

Military Highly Enriched Uranium and Plutonium Stocks in Acknowledged Nuclear Weapon States
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini November 3, 2015

India’s Stocks of Civil and Military Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium, End 2014
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini November 2, 2015

Pakistan’s Inventory of Weapon-Grade Uranium and Plutonium Dedicated to Nuclear Weapons
David Albright October 19, 2015

Civil HEU Watch: Tracking Inventories of Civil Highly Enriched Uranium
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini October 7, 2015

North Korean Plutonium and Weapon-Grade Uranium Inventories
By David Albright October 7, 2015

Daesh Hype about Stealing Nuclear Weapons
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard October 2, 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

Update on North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini September 15, 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

Construction Continues at Pakistan’s Khushab Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini August 12, 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

Syria’s Unresolved Nuclear Issues Reemerge in Wake of ISIL Advance and Ongoing Civil War
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Sarah Burkhard June 30, 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

New Construction at Pakistan’s Khushab Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini May 19, 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

Yongbyon: A Better Insight into the Status of the 5MWe Reactor
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini April 29, 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

Future Directions in the DPRK’S Nuclear Weapons Program: Three Scenarios for 2020
David Albright February 26, 2015

Pakistan’s Chashma Plutonium Separation Plant: Possibly Operational
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini February 20, 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

Pakistan’s Fourth Reactor at Khushab Now Appears Operational
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini January 16, 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

Yongbyon: Monitoring Activities during Shutdown of 5 MW Reactor
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini December 5, 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

ISIS Note: Further Questions on Sanctioned North Korean Entity
David Albright and Andrea Stricker November 19, 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

ISIS Response to South Korean Foreign Minister’s Comments on Yongbyon
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini October 10, 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

Yongbyon: Centrifuge Enrichment Plant Expands while 5 MWe Reactor is Possibly Shut Down
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini October 4, 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

Needless Collateral Damage
Institute for Science and International Security September 2, 2014

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

Activities Detected at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, William Baker, and Won Gi You August 6, 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

India’s New Uranium Enrichment Plant in Karnataka
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini July 1, 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

On-going Activity at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim May 10, 2014

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

North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site: Activities Continue on May Day 2014
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim May 2, 2014

Activities Continue at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site (revised May 1, 2014)
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim May 1, 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

Activities Continue at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site April 29, 2014 (revised April 30, 2014, am)
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim April 30, 2014

Activities Continue at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site (revised April 30)
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim 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

Monitoring North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini April 26, 2014

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

Monitoring Activity at Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini April 23, 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

Case Study - Chinese National Sought High-Strength Carbon Fiber for China
Donald Stewart and Andrea Stricker March 5, 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

Further Construction Progress on the Fourth Heavy Water Reactor at Khushab Nuclear Site
Serena Kelleher-Vergantini and Robert Avagyan December 20, 2013

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

Increased Activity at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini December 5, 2013

Construction Finishing of Likely New Indian Centrifuge Facility at Rare Materials Plant Efforts to Build a Larger Centrifuge Complex Encounter Opposition
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini December 4, 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

In Response to Recent Questionable Claims about North Korea’s Indigenous Production of Centrifuges
David Albright and Olli Heinonen* October 18, 2013

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

Future World of Illicit Nuclear Trade: Mitigating the Threat
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Houston Wood October 1, 2013

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

Myanmar to Sign Additional Protocol
David Albright and Andrea Stricker September 16, 2013

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

Syria’s Past, Secret Nuclear Program Poses Proliferation Risks
David Albright and Robert Avagyan September 13, 2013

Steam Venting from Building Adjacent to 5MWe Reactor: Likely Related to Reactor Restart
David Albright and Robert Avagyan September 11, 2013

North Korean Yongbyon nuclear center, August 31, 2013
Institute for Science and International Security August 31, 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

Recent Doubling of Floor Space at North Korean Gas Centrifuge Plant : Is North Korea doubling its enrichment capacity at Yongbyon?
David Albright and Robert Avagyan August 7, 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

Myanmar Government Must Close Down Military Ties with North Korea
Andrea Stricker and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini July 5, 2013

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

Burma Reiterates its “No-Nuclear-Weapons” Commitment
Serena Kelleher-Vergantini and Andrea Stricker May 24, 2013

Case Study - United States Busts Likely North Korean Transshipment Scheme
Andrea Stricker May 24, 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

North Korean Miniaturization
David Albright February 13, 2013

ISIS Statement on North Korean Nuclear Test
David Albright and Andrea Stricker February 12, 2013

Monitoring Activity at Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site*
David Albright and Robert Avagyan February 3, 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

Case Study - Chinese Salesman Arrested in Pressure Transducer Case
David Albright and Andrea Stricker January 18, 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

In Positive Move, Burma to Sign Additional Protocol
David Albright and Andrea Stricker November 19, 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

Closing the Tinners’ Swiss Criminal Case*
David Albright and Michael Rietz** October 26, 2012

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

Challenges Posed by North Korea’s Weapon-Grade Uranium and Weapon-Grade Plutonium
David Albright and Christina Walrond October 24, 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