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International Enforcement Actions
April 16, 2025
In December, a federal court in Boston charged two men with conspiring to export U.S.-origin electronics to an Iran-based supplier of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Articles and Reports
March 28, 2025
How quickly could Iran get enough fissile material for a small nuclear arsenal? This timetable estimates how quickly Iran could amass enough weapons-grade uranium for at least five bombs. Once it has the enriched uranium, however, it could take at least several months to turn it into a working weapon.
Weapon Program Background Report
March 21, 2025
In recent years, Iran has developed and deployed centrifuge models that can enrich greater amounts of uranium with fewer machines relative to its original IR-1 design. This table sets out the number of installed and operational centrifuges at Iran's enrichment sites, as well as the capacity and primary materials of each centrifuge model.
Articles and Reports
February 27, 2025
Two weeks after assuming office, President Donald Trump announced the resumption of the maximum pressure policy against Iran that his first administration pursued from 2018 to 2021. In 2025, Iran is much closer to producing a nuclear weapon.
Iranian Entities
Missile, Military
A subsidiary of Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) that manufactures electronic components for weapons systems; obtained electronics from the United States in violation of U.S. export controls, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Missile
An Iran-based electronics company; linked by the U.N. Panel of Experts on Yemen to cruise missile components used by the Houthi rebels.
Suppliers
Missile
A China-based distributor of electronic components; has procured or attempted to procure U.S.-origin items for Iran's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Missile
A Hong Kong-based distributor of electronic components; associated with an address identified by the U.S. Department of Commerce as posing a high risk of diversion.