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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.
Articles and Reports
September 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.
Interviews and Podcasts
September 17, 2024
In this episode of Iran Watch Listen, we sat down with Hanna Notte and Jim Lamson to discuss the history of Iran and Russia’s military relationship, how it has changed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and areas where both countries might benefit from deeper cooperation in the future.
Iranian Entities
Military
An Iran-based company specializing in the provision of aircraft parts and services; according to the United Kingdom, involved in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry and has enabled Iran to conduct destabilizing regional activity; conducts business in the Iranian defense sector.
Military
An Iran-based technology company specializing in electronics; parent company of Rayan Roshd Afzar Company, a firm that appears on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for supporting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and that has procured...
Suppliers
Missile
A Turkey-based businessman; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a network that has procured carbon fiber and other missile-applicable goods for the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) and its subsidiaries.
Missile
A Turkey-based motor vehicle and import-export company; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a network that has procured carbon fiber and other missile-applicable goods for the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) and its subsidiaries.