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Weapon Program Background Report
December 18, 2024
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
December 18, 2024
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 five bombs. Once it has the enriched uranium, however, it could take at least several months to turn it into a working weapon.
Articles and Reports
November 8, 2024
The Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ), an entity overseeing an industrial campus in Russia’s Tatarstan region, operates a drone plant under contract with the Russian military to manufacture Iranian-designed Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for use in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Articles and Reports
October 3, 2024
On October 1, Iran carried out a second large-scale missile attack against Israel. Although the operation differed in meaningful ways from Iran’s first missile attack on Israel in April, the result was largely the same, further underscoring some key limitations for the country's conventional missile program.
Iranian Entities
Missile
An electronics importer and distributor with offices in China, Iran, and Turkey; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a network led by Saeed Hamidi Javar that has facilitated procurement for Iran's ballistic missile program.
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An Iranian procurement agent; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, leads a network that has facilitated procurement for Iran's ballistic missile program.
Suppliers
Missile
A Turkey-based affiliate of Buy Best Electronic Pars Company, an Iran-based electronics supplier controlled by Saeed Hamidi Javar that has facilitated procurement for Iran's ballistic missile program.
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An employee of Beijing Shiny Nights Technology Development Co., Ltd.