PRIVATE VIEWPOINTS

This page contains a selection of essays on Iran by private analysts. The essays are arranged alphabetically, according to author and organization. The Wisconsin Project takes no responsibility for the content of this work.

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Arms Control Association
American Enterprise Institute
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Atlantic Council of the United States
British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
Brookings Institution
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Center for Defense Information
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Council on Foreign Relations
FirstWatch International
Gulf Research Center
Heritage Foundation
Hoover Institution
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
International Crisis Group
Iran Policy Committee
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies
Leitenberg, Milton
Middle East Institute
Middle East Missile Monitor
MidEastWeb
National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
Nixon Center
Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
Oxford Research Group
Parameters
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
Sahimi, Muhammad
Strategic Policy Consulting (SPC)
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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Arms Control Association
Date Title of Work
01/02-05 Iran-EU Nuclear Negotiations Begin, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
12-04 Iran Agrees to Temporarily Suspend Uranium Enrichment Program, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
12-04 The Iran Case:  Addressing Why Countries Want Nuclear Weapons, Arms Control Today, by Robert E. Hunter
11-04 US Punishes 14 for Iran Arms Trade, Arms Control Today, by Wade Boese
11-04 Time For Arms Talks?  Iran, Israel, and Middle East Arms Control, Arms Control Today, by Dalia Dassa-Kaye
10-04 IAEA Puts Off Showdown With Iran, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
09-04 Steps to Developing a Nuclear Weapon:  The Uranium Route, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
09-04 IAEA Iran Probe Winding Down; Dispute with US and EU Countries, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
05-04 Plan B: Using Sanctions to End Iran’s Nuclear Program, Arms Control Today, by George Perkovich and Silvia Manzanero
05-04 Iran and IAEA Agree on Action Plan; US Europeans Not Satisfied, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
04-04 IAEA Condemns Iran – Again, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
01/02-04 Reality Check: Libya and Iran, Arms Control Today, by Daryl Kimball
12-03 The IAEA’s Report on Iran: An Analysis, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
12-03 North Korea and Iran: Test Cases for an Improved Nonproliferation Regime? Arms Control Today, by Joseph Cirincione
11-03 Iran At The Nuclear Threshold, Arms Control Today, by Brenda Shaffer
10-03 Concern Heats Up Over Iran's Nuclear Program, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
09-03 Bush Emphasis on Proliferation Sanctions Stirs Debate, Arms Control Today, by Wade Boese
09-03 IAEA Report Highlights Inconsistencies in Iranian Statement About Its Nuclear Programs, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
07/08-03 Turning Iran Away From Nuclear Weapons, Arms Control Today, by Daryl Kimball
07/08-03 IAEA Presses Iran To Comply With Nuclear Safeguards, Arms Control Today by Paul Kerr
06-03 U.S. Levels Accusations Against Iranian Weapons Programs, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
04-03 IAEA 'Taken Aback' By Speed of Iran's Nuclear Program, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
03-03 Iran Mining Uranium, Greatly Expanding Nuclear Facilities, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
01/02-03 IAEA to Visit Two 'Secret' Nuclear Sites in Iran, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
01/02-03 Russia, Iran Finalize Spent Nuclear Fuel Deal, Arms Control Today, by Christine Kucia
01-13-03 Countering the 'Axis of Evil': Assessing Bush Administration Policies Toward Iran, Iraq, and North Korea, Panel Discussion at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace with Michael O' Hanlon, Daryl G. Kimball, and Joel S. Wit
06-02 Bush, Putin Disagree on Russia-Iran Nuclear, Missile Cooperation, Arms Control Today, by Alex Wagner
09-02 U.S. Irked by Potential Growth in Russian Nuclear Aid to Iran, Arms Control Today, by Paul Kerr
03-01 Russian Arms and Technology Transfers to Iran: Policy Challenges for the United States, Arms Control Today, by Michael Eisenstadt

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American Enterprise Institute
Date Title of Work
03-06 Will Israel Blast the Iranian Bomb? in The American Enterprise, by Michael Karpin (PDF)
02-02-06 Next Steps: The Iranian Threat, An AEI event with Stephen Rademaker
10-04 A Strategy for Nuclear Iran, by Thomas Donnelly
09-28-04 The IAEA: The World's Enforcer or Paper Tiger? An AEI event with John Bolton, Joseph Cirincione, Mark Groombridge and Gary Milhollin
12-03-03 Summary of American-Iranian Town Hall Meeting hosted by AEI
11-17-03 The IAEA Report: Does Iran have a nuclear weapons program? An AEI event
03-02 Iran's Burgeoning WMD Programs, Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, by Michael Rubin

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American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Date Title of Work
02-12-13 Memo: Sanctions Enforcement on Iran
07-31-12 Issue Brief: Iran Bill Imposes Most Comprehensive Sanctions Ever
06-01-12 Memo: While the World Talks, Iran Enriches; More Pressure Needed (PDF)
04-12-12 Memo: Talks Must Quickly Lead to Iranian Enrichment Suspension (PDF)
03-14-12 Memo: Sanctions Having Unprecedented Impact on Iran (PDF)
03-25-11 Memo: Iranian Weapons, Nuclear Smuggling Must Be Stopped
02-26-09 Memo: Action Needed as Iran Passes Key Nuclear Threshold (PDF)
11-12-08 Memo: Why Tougher Sanctions Are Vital in Preventing Nuclear Iran (PDF)
07-08 Near East Report: Congress calls for a ban on the sale of gasoline to Iran, nuclear cascade in the Middle East (PDF)
06-04-08 Remarks by U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (PDF)
06-04-08 Remarks by U.S. Senator Barak Obama (PDF)
06-04-08 Remarks by Israeil Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
06-03-08 Remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
06-02-08 Remarks by U.S. Senator John McCain (PDF)
06-02-08 Foreign policy roundtable at 2008 Policy Conference, with Rep. Howard Berman, Elizabeth Cheney, Dennis Ross, and Ephraim Sneh (PDF)
04-01-08 Near East Report interview with Stop the Bomb spokeswoman Simone Dinah Hartmann
03-14-08 Memo: Implementing Tough Sanctions Key to Countering Iran (PDF)
02-08-08 Memo: More Sanctions Needed as Iran Advances Uranium Enrichment, Missile Technology (PDF)
10-26-07 Memo: IRGC Designation Key Step in Preventing Nuclear Iran (PDF)
03-30-06 Memo: Iran Accelerates Nuclear Weapons Program (PDF)
02-01-06 Memo: U.N. Security Council Must Take Decisive Action Against Iran (PDF)
02-01-06 Speech by Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security on Countering the Iranian Nuclear Threat
01-30-06 Iran's Intransigence, Near East Report
01-10-06 Memo: Iran Must Face U.N. Security Council Action for Nuclear Defiance (PDF)
11-30-05 Memo: Decisive U.S. Action Needed Against Iran’s Nuclear Program (PDF)
11-14-05 Interview with Patrick Clawson, Near East Report (PDF)
10-31-05 Illicit Assistance, Near East Report
06-05 Interview with Israel Defense Forces Brig. Gen. Michael Herzog, Near East Report (PDF)
05-05 Iran: Questions and Answers (PDF)
03-28-05 Defying the World, Near East Report
02-10-05 Memo:  Iran Presses Forward With Efforts to Acquire Atomic Weapons
02-07-05 Fanning the Flames, Near East Report
02-07-05 Defined Threat, Near East Report
11-29-04 Danger Ahead?  Near East Report
10-25-04 Flying Threat, Near East Report
10-18-04 Memo:  Iran Continues to Defy International Community by Developing Nuclear Weapons and the Means to Delivery Them
09-27-04 IAEA's Free Pass to Iran, Near East Report
09-13-04 Gathering Threat, Speech by John Bolton
06-28-04 Iran, Again, Near East Report
05-16-04 Blocking the Bomb:  Can Middle Eastern Nuclear Designs be Stopped?  AIPAC Policy Conference with Ariel Levite and Paula DeSutter

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Atlantic Council of the United States

Date Title of Work
12-99 U.S.-Iranian Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws and Regulations by Kenneth Katzman

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British American Security Information Council

Date Title of Work
12-05-05 A Constructive EU-US Approach to the Iran Nuclear Dispute (PDF)
09-20-05 Raising the Stakes: Iran's Resumption of Nuclear Activities, by Andreas Persbo
08-11-05 Preliminary Analysis of E3/EU Proposal to Iran, by Paul Ingram
07-05
EU3 Negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran: Not Out of the Woods Yet and Time is Short, Very Short
11-23-04 Crisis Averted - For the Time Being, by Dave Andrews and Nigel Chamberlain
09-10-04 The IAEA and Iran: Iran's Checkmate Prematurely Called, by Andreas Persbo
06-12-04 The IAEA and Iran: Once More to the Brink?, by Andreas Persbo
03-04 Iran and the IAEA (PDF), by Dave Andrews
03-05-04 The IAEA and Iran: No Smoking Guns So Far but the Smell of Gunpowder Lingering in the Air, by Andreas Persbo and Dave Andrews
12-02-03 IAEA Resolution on Iran's Nuclear Program: The Jury's Still Out but Time is Short, by Andreas Persbo
10-03 The IAEA and Iran's Nuclear Program: Entirely Legitimate or Clandestine Intent?, by Nigel Chamberlain
06-19-03 Pressure for Enhanced IAEA Inspections Grows: Update on Responses to Iran's Nuclear Program, by Lynne O'Sullivan

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Brookings Institution

Date Title of Work
01-21-04 Empty Words, The New Republic, by Michael A. Levi
11-28-03 A New Strain on Alliance, The Los Angeles Times, by Ivo H. Daalder and Michael A. Levi
11-24-03 The Wrong Way to Promote Nuclear Power, The New Republic, by Michael A. Levi
10-23-03 Nuclear Breakthroughs are Less than Meets the Eye, The New Republic, by Michael A. Levi
10-06-03 Enabler: The IAEA must be Careful with Iran, The New Republic, by Michael A. Levi
09-05-03 Nuclear Reaction: Why wont the IAEA get tough with Iran? The New Republic, by Michael A. Levi
06-02-03 Would the Saudi's go Nuclear? The New Republic, by Michael A. Levi

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Date Title of Work
03-05-05 A New Non-Proliferation Strategy, remarks by Joseph Cirincione at the International Conference on Nuclear Technology and Sustainable Development , Tehran, Iran
09-02-04 The IAEA's report on Iran: No Slam Dunk, by Miriam Rajkumar and Joseph Cirincione
12-01-03 Fact Sheet: Iran's Programs to Produce Plutonium and Enriched Uranium, by Marshall Breit
11-02-04 Now is the Time for U.S. and Iran to have their Overdue Talk: Nuclear Diplomacy Breakthrough Potential, by George Perkovich
10-27-03 Iran's Security Dilemma: Washington is Primed for More than a Nuclear Deal
10-07-03 Fact Sheet: A Comparison of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and the Additional Protocol in the Case of Iran, by Samia Amin
06-19-03 Understanding the IAEA Report on Iran, by Miriam Rajkumar
04-28-03 Dealing With Iran's Nuclear Challenge, by George Perkovich

2002

Deadly Arsenals, Chapter 15:  Iran, by Joseph Cirincione with Jon B. Wolfsthal and Miriam Rajkumar

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Center for Defense Information

Date Title of Work
06-09-04 Iran's Nuclear Shadow, by Ali Chaudhry
02-14-02 Iran, Israel and Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East, by Michael Donovan
07-01-01 Iran’s Ambitious Missile Programs, by Ali Chaudhry
07-01-01 Iran’s Missile Flight Tests, by Ali Chaudhry

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Center for Strategic and International Studies

Date Title of Work

10-30-02

Iranian Arms Transfers: The Facts, by Anthony H. Cordesman

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Council on Foreign Relations

Date Title of Work
01-27-05 Iran, North Korea, and the NPT's Loopholds, Interview with Lawrence Scheinman
01-12-05 Transition 2005:  U.S. Policy Towards Iran, Discussion with Kenneth Pollack, Mark Palmer, David Kay and Ray Takeyh
11-08-05 Behind the Scenes of a Tumultuous Relationship: The United States and Iran, Discussion with Kenneth Pollack moderated by Suzanne Maloney
07-04 Iran: Time for a New Approach, Report of an Independent Task Force Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relation, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Robert M. Gates, Co-Chairs
07-19-04 Iran: Time for a New Approach, An Independent Task Force on U.S. Policy Toward Iran, Transcript of Council meeting moderated by Lee Feinstein

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FirstWatch International

Date Title of Work

06-17-04

Focusing on Iran's Laser Enrichment Program, by Jack Boureston and Charles D. Ferguson
03-04 Assessing Iran’s Plutonium Reprocessing Capabilities: A Way to Obtaining Nuclear Weapons Material, by Jack Boureston and Charles Ferguson
12-27-04 Exposing Libya and the Emerging Axis of Evil: Pakistan, Libya, Iran, by Jack Boureston, Yana Feldman, and Charles Mahaffey
11-03 Iran’s IR-40 Reactor: A Preliminary Assessment, by Jack Boureston and Charles Mahaffey

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Gulf Research Center

Date Title of Work
03-13-07 The Gulf states consider nuclear energy, by Nicole Stracke, excerpted from commentary published in the Daily Star [Lebanon]

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The Heritage Foundation

Date Title of Work
01-24-06 Confounding the Mullahs of Iran: It's time for Israel to join NATO, by John Hulsman and Nile Gardiner
12-14-05 Countering Iran's Nuclear Challenge (PDF), by James Phillips, John C. Hulsman and James Jay Carafano
08-26-05 Iran: Don't Trust an Abuser with Nukes, by Kim R. Holmes
08-11-05 Dealing with Iran's Resurgent Hardliners (PDF), by James Phillips
11-24-04 Iran's Latest Nuclear Charade (PDF), by James Phillips and Baker Spring
09-29-04 An Iran-Israeli War?, by Peter Brookes

04-05-01

Countering Russian-Iranian Military Cooperation (PDF),The Backgrounder, by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., and James Phillips

09-05-97 Maintain International Pressure and Sanctions on Iran (PDF), The Backgrounder, by James A. Phillips
01-13-97 Russia's Dangerous Missile Game in Iran (PDF), by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., and James Phillips

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The Hoover Institution

Date Title of Work

2003

Applying Recommended Policies to Specific Cases, by Sidney D. Drell and James E. Goodby
Reprinted from Gravest Danger: Nuclear Weapons, with the permission of the publisher, Hoover Institution Press. Copyright 2003 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University.

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Institute for Science and International Security

Date Title of Work
06-16-08 Swiss Smugglers Had Advanced Nuclear Weapons Designs, by David Albright (PDF)
02-22-08 IAEA's Lastest Safeguards Report on Iran is Balanced, by David Albright and Jacqueline Shire (PDF)
02-07-08 Iran Installing More Advanced Centrifuges at Natanz Pilot Enrichment Plant: Factsheet on the P-2/IR-2 Centrifuge, by David Albright and Jacqueline Shire (PDF)
08-28-07 A Flawed IAEA-Iran Agreement on Resolving Outstanding Issues, by David Albright and Jacqueline Shire (PDF)
07-09-07 New Tunnel Construction at Mountain Adjacent to the Natanz Enrichment Complex, by David Albright and Paul Brannan (Images from Digital Globe) (PDF, 550 KB)
03-20-07 Further Construction at Arak 40 MW Heavy Water Reaction, by David Albright and Paul Brannan (Images from GeoEye) (PDF, 1.3 MB)
03-15-07 Iran's Centrifugs: How well are they working? by David Albright and Jacqueline Shire (PDF)
11-14-06 Latest IAEA Report on Iran: Continued Progress on Cascade Operations, No New Cooperation with the IAEA, By David Albright and Jacqueline Shire (PDF)
11-09-06 Iran's Nuclear Program: Flawn House Intelligence Report Should be Amended or Withdrawn (PDF)
09-29-06 Iran's NPT Violations - Numerous and Possibly On-Going? By Jacqueline Shire and David Albright (PDF)
09-11-06 Iran Response to the EU: Confused but Sporadically Hopeful By David Albright and Jacqueline Shire (PDF)
08-31-06 Iran's Centrifuge Program: Defiant but Delayed By David Albright and Jacqueline Shire (Images from GeoEye) (PDF)
04-21-06 Update on Construction Activities at Arak 40 MW Heavy Water Reactor
By David Albright and Paul Brannan (Images from Space Imaging) (PDF 2.55 MB)
04-14-06 New Activities at the Esfahan and Natanz Nuclear Sites in Iran By David Albright and Paul Brannan (Images from Digital Globe) (PDF)
03-27-06 The Clock is Ticking, But How Fast? By David Albright & Corey Hinderstein (PDF)
01-12-06 Iran’s Next Steps: Final Tests and the Construction of a Uranium Enrichment Plant By David Albright and Corey Hinderstein (PDF)
05-03-05 Iran Proposal to the EU Falls Far Short of an Acceptable Agreement (Images from Space Imaging)
03-31-05 Kalaye Electric (Images from Digital Globe)
03-24-05 Iran Should Grant the IAEA Further Access to Parchin (Images from Digital Globe)
03-04-05 Iran Constructing the 40 MW Reactor at Arak Despite Calls Not to Do So by the European Union and the IAEA Board of Governors (Images from Digital Globe and Space Imaging)
02-17-05 New Satellite Images Show Tunnel Construction at Esfahan Facilities in Iran (Images by Digital Globe)
09-15-04 Parchin: Possible Nuclear Weapons-Related Site in Iran By David Albright and Corey Hinderstein (Images from Digital Globe)
06-17-04 Destruction at Iranian Site Raises New Questions about Iran's Nuclear Activities (Images from Digital Globe)
02-04-04 Documents Indicate A.Q. Khan Offered Nuclear Weapon Designs to Iraq in 1990: Did He Approach Other Countries? by David Albright and Corey Hinderstein
03-14-03 The Iranian Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment Plant at Nantaz: Drawing from Commercial Satellite Images by David Albright and Corey Hinderstein (Images from Digital Globe)
02-20-03 Iran at a Nuclear Crossroads by David Albright
12-12-02 Iran Building Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities: International Transparency Needed by David Albright and Corey Hinderstein

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The International Crisis Group

Date Title of Work
11-24-04 Iran:  Where Next on the Nuclear Standoff
10-27-03 Dealing with Iran's Nuclear Program

10-15-03

Iran: Discontent and Disarray

09-05-02 Iran: The Struggle for the Revolution's Soul

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Iran Policy Committee

Date Title of Work
05-09-06 What Makes Tehran Tick?: Options for Israel and the U.S. to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran (PDF, 742 KB)
03-20-06 The Threat from Iran: Options for the EU, UN and USA, Statement by Raymond Tanter

02-15-06

Iran: Threats, Challenges and Prospects for Change, Briefing for Members of Congress by Raymond Tanter

01-31-06 Iran is Building a Secret Tunnel in Tehran for Nuclear Weapons Research and Development: Options for the International Community, Statement by Raymond Tanter
01-10-06 Iran: Violations, Escalation, Options, Statement by Raymond Tanter
11-21-05 Iran Building Nuclear Capable Missiles in Secret Tunnels: Options for the International Community, Statement by Raymond Tanter
09-16-05 Press Conference: Major New Evidence Presented of Iranian Nuclear Weapons, Summary of Statements by Patrick Clawson, Alireza Jafarzadeh, Paul Leventhal and Raymond Tanter
09-13-05 U.S. Policy Options for Iran and the Iranian Political Opposition (PDF, 4.14 MB)
02-10-05 U.S. Policy Options for Iran (PDF)

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Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies
Date Title of Work
02-19-04 Transcript of seminar on Israel’s response to the Iranian nuclear challenge

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Milton Leitenberg

Date Title of Work
09-02 Biological Weapons and 'Bioterrorism' in the First Years of the 21st Century, Politics and the LIfe Sciences, by Milton Leitenberg

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Middle East Institute

Date Title of Work
07-21-04 Finding the Fulcrum? Euro-Atlantic Relations and Iran by John Calabrese

12-15-03

Iran's Nuclear Program and the IAEA Compromise: A Bridge to a Better Bargain? by John Calabrese

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Middle East Missile Monitor
Date Title of Work
02-28-05 The Flight of the "Kent," by Uzi Rubin
10-13-04 Iran's Impending Global Reach, by Uzi Rubin
10-05-04 Fateh-110, by Azriel Lorber
09-24-04 Iran's New Shihab Missile and the Russian Connection, by Uzi Rubin
08-24-04 Iran's New "Baby Bottle" Shihab, by Uzi Rubin
3-9-03 Iran's Shibah-3 Missile, by Israel Briman

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MidEastWeb - Middle East News and Reference
Date Title of Work
2003 Summary of letter purportedly sent by Iran to the U.S. government in the spring of 2003

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National Council of Resistance of Iran

Date Title of Work
04-07-11 Information on the Iranian Regime Clandestine "TABA" Site for Production of Centrifuge Parts
09-10-10 Iran building secret nuclear enrichment site
10-29-09 Statement: Nuclear site in Qom unveiled in 2005 but IAEA ignored
10-28-09 Iran tests nuclear capable missiles with 3,000km range
11-14-07 Press release: Massive explosion in Parchin missile site of the Guard Corps
09-27-07 Press conference: New secret nuclear site in Iran
02-22-07 New revelations on the Iranian regime front companies
08-24-06 Press conference: Secret production of P2 centrifuges by the Iranian regime
01-21-06 Press conference: Mullah's Obtained 2 Banned Machines used for Making Atom Bomb
12-21-05 Press conference: Iran Hides Nuclear Facilities
09-01-05 Press release: Smuggling of Beryllium to Iran
08-25-05 Press release: Project to Acquire Deuterium and Tritium
08-18-05 Press release: Defense Ministry and Revolutionary Guards Engaged in Production of Centrifuges
07-28-05 Press conference: Iran after Obtaining Maraging Steel to Build Nuclear Bomb Casing
03-31-05 Press conference: Tehran Attempting to Obtain Plutonium
02-03-05 Press conference: Project to Build Neutron Initiator
12-03-04 Press conference: Clandestine Missile Projects of the Iranian Regime
11-17-04 Press conference: Demolition of a Nuclear Site at Lavizan
11-15-04 Press release: Mullahs' Deal With EU-3
09-10-04 Press conference: New Nuclear Revelations
04-28-04 Press conference: Supervision of Military Organs on Mullahs' Nuclear Weapons Program
11-19-03 Press conference: the Iranian Regime's Nuclear Weapons Program
05-27-03 Information on Newly-Detected Nuclear Sites of the Iranian Regime
05-15-03

Iranian Regime's Programs for Biological and Microbial Weapons a Briefing by Soona Samsami and Alireza Jafarzadeh
- Agencies of the Iranian Regime Involved in Bioweapons Program

02-20-03 Press conference: Iran's Clandestine Nuclear Projects
12-02 Information on Two Top Secret Nuclear Sites of the Iranian Regime
10-16-02 Top Secret Ballistic Missile Projects in Iran a Briefing by Soona Samsami and Alireza Jafarzadeh
Factories affiliated with the Aerospace Industries Organization
08-14-02 New Information on Top Secret Projects of the Iranian Regime's Nuclear Program, Remarks by Alireza Jafarzadeh
08-14-02 Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Organizational Chart
08-14-02 Background on the NCRI
01-07-98 Iran's Missile Capabilities

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Nixon Center

Date Title of Work
04-04 US and Iran: The Nuclear Dilemma: Next Steps, by Geoffrey Kemp
03-04 Iran’s Bomb: American and Iranian Perspectives, by Geoffrey Kemp, Michael Eisenstadt, Farideh Farhi and Nasser Hadian
11-03 America, Russia and the Greater Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities, by Geoffrey Kemp and Paul Saunders
01-01 Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Options: Issues and Analysis, by Geoffrey Kemp, Shahram Chubin, Farideh Farhi, Richard Speier

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Nonproliferation Policy Education Center

Date Title of Work
10-22-04 A Fresh Examination of the Proliferation Dangers of Light Water Reactors by Victor Gilinsky, Marvin Miller and Harmon Hubbards
09-13-04 Restraining a Nuclear-Ready Iran:  Seven Levers, by Henry Sokolski
01-04 Checking Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions, Henry Sokolski and Patrick Clawson, Eds
03-15-04 Peering over the Horizon: Arab threat perception and security responses to a nuclear ready Iran, by Richard Russell
  Iran: Breaking out Without Quite Breaking the Rules?

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Oxford Research Group

Date Title of Work
06-08 Israel and Iran - A Risk of Crisis, International Security Monthly Briefing by Paul Rogers (PDF)
03-07 Would Air Strikes Work? Understanding Iran's Nuclear Programme and the possible consequences of a military strike, Briefing Paper by Frank Barnaby (PDF)
07-06 Iran's Nuclear Threat: Exploring the Politics, Briefing Paper by Dr. Farhang Jahanpour (PDF)
03-06 Iran: Sliding Towards War, International Security Monthly Briefing by Paul Rogers (PDF)
02-06 Iran: Consequences of a War, Briefing Paper by Paul Rogers (PDF)
02-06 Iran's Nuclear Activities, by Frank Barnaby (PDF)
01-06 Iraq, Afghanistan and Now Iran Once Again, International Security Monthly Briefing by Paul Rogers (PDF)
03-05 The Bush Administration, Insurgencies and Iran, International Security Monthly Briefing by Paul Rogers (PDF)
02-05 Limitations of Power, International Security Monthly Briefing by Paul Rogers (PDF)
07-04 Iran Comes Into the Frame, International Security Monthly Briefing by Paul Rogers (PDF)

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Parameters

Date Title of Work
Fall 2004 Iran in Iraq's Shadow: Dealing with Tehran's Nuclear Weapons Bid, by Richard L. Russell (reprinted with permission from the Autumn 2004 issue of Parameters)

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Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

Date Title of Work
12-06-03 Middle East Security and Iran, Co-Sponsored by Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and The Institute for Political and International Studies, by Jeffrey Boutwell

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)

Date Title of Work
12-22-04 Iran Nuclear Crisis by Charles Recknagel and Golnaz Esfandiari
- Is Tehran Trying to Develop Nuclear Weapons?
- Tehran Takes Two Tracks on Nuclear Weapon Development
- Where Does the Iranian Nuclear Debate Go From Here?
- Iranian Public Offers Mixed Feelings on Nuclear Issue

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Muhammad Sahimi
Date Title of Work
10-06-03 Iran's Nuclear Program. Part III: The Emerging Crisis
10-03-03 Iran's Nuclear Program. Part II: Are Nuclear Reactors Necessary?
10-02-03 Iran's Nuclear Program. Part I: Its History

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Strategic Policy Consulting (SPC)
Date Title of Work
09-14-06 Remarks by Jafarzadeh: Iran Running Clandestine Laser Enrichment
03-20-06 Remarks by Jafarzadeh: Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps use of Universities for Research to Build the Bomb
01-31-06 Remarks by Jafarzadeh: Iran is Building a Secret Tunnel in Tehran for Nuclear Weapons Research and Development (PDF)
01-10-06 Remarks by Jafarzadeh: Iranian Regime's Plan and Attempts to Start Uranium Enrichment at Natanz
11-21-05 Statement by Jafarzadeh: Iran Building Nuclear Capable Missiles in Underground Secret Tunnels (PDF)
09-16-05 Statement by Jafarzadeh: Iran Expanding Its Nuclear Weapons Program Underground and into Military Sites (PDF)
08-26-05 Press conference with Jafarzadeh: Acquiring a Nuclear-capable Missile with the Range of 3,000 km (PDF)
08-09-05 Remarks by Jafarzadeh: Iran has Secretly Built 4000 Centrifuges (PDF)
05-19-05 Remarks by Jafarzadeh: Iran Smuggles Ceramic Matrix Composite (PDF)
- Irasco and Iritec respond to charges by Jafarzadeh (PDF)
03-24-05 Remarks by Jafarzadeh: Iran Hiding a Laser Enrichment Facility Underground in Parchin Military Complex (PDF)

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The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Date Title of Work
02-15-05 Beyond Iran:  The Risk of a Nuclearizing Middle East, Summary of a Special Policy Forum with Mustafa Kibaroglu and Richard Russell
02-09-05 Beyond Iran:  The Risk of a Nuclearizing Middle East, by Mustafa Kibaroglu (PDF)
01-12-05 Right Course on Iran, by Patrick Clawson
2005 Report of the Presidential Study Group: Security, Reform and Peace, the Three Pillars of U.S. Strategy in the Middle East (PDF)
12-30-04 Influencing Iran's Nuclear Activities Through Major Power Cooperation, by Patrick Clawson
12-16-04 Carrots for Iran?  Lessons From Libya, by Patrick Clawson
11-22-04 Clarifying and Strengthening the Iran-European Nuclear Accord, by Patrick Clawson
10-15-04 How to Rein in Iran Without Bombing It, by Patrick Clawson
09-16-04 The IAEA and Iran: The Perils of Inaction, by Michael Eisenstadt
02-23-04 Iran Between Elections and the IAEA, by Patrick Clawson
01-15-04 Iran's Threat to Coalition Forces in Iraq, by Raymond Tanter
01-12-04 Pakistan's Nuclear Proliferation and U.S. Policy, by Simon Henderson
01-04 The Challenges of U.S. Preventive Military Action, by Michael Eisenstadt (chapter seven in Checking Iran's Nuclear Ambitions, Strategic Studies Institute)
12-11-03 Nuclear Spinning: The Iran-Pakistan Link, National Review Online, by Simon Henderson
10-09-03 Considering the Options: U.S. Policy toward Iran’s Nuclear Program, Conference Proceedings
06-13-03 Special Policy Forum Report: Iran's Nuclear Program: Countdown? by David Albright and Michael Eisenstadt
05-29-03 Iranian Nuclear Weapons, Part III: How Might Iran Retaliate? by Jeffrey White
05-28-03 Iranian Nuclear Weapons, Part II: Operational Challenges, by Michael Knights
05-27-03 Iranian Nuclear Weapons, Part I: The Challenges of U.S. Preventive Action, by Michael Eisenstadt
02-03-03 Iran's Nuclear Program: Gathering Dust or Gaining Steam? by Michael Eisenstadt
02-05-02 Iran as Part of the Axis of Evil: U.S. Policy Concerns (Part II), by Patrick Clawson
08-05-02 Special Policy Forum Report: Where is Iran -- and U.S. Iran Policy -- Headed? by Zalmay Khalilzad

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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Date Title of Work
04-04 The "Strategic Partnership" Between India and Iran by Robert Hathaway
12-03 Proliferation Challenges after Iraq, the report of an Eisenhower National Security Series workshop, written by Daniel Freeman