Library Documents on Iran's Missile Program
September 13, 2017
[...]Iran's Nuclear Program With this in mind, I want to confirm here, very clearly, France’s commitment to the Vienna agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme, which I hope will be strictly complied with. The agreement - and I say this in the presence of Laurent Fabius - was improved thanks to France’s intervention, and especially his...
September 11, 2017
Under the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA), a 2015 statute designed to give Congress oversight over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear agreement with Iran, President Trump is required to periodically certify to Congress whether or not Iran is complying with its obligations under the deal. President Trump has twice...
September 7, 2017
[...]Overview of the Issue
September 7, 2017
Erdal Kuyumcu, 45, of Woodside, N.Y., and the chief executive officer of the Woodside-based Global Metallurgy, LLC, was sentenced to 57 months in prison following his June 14, 2016 guilty plea to conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by exporting specialty metals from the U.S. to Iran.
August 31, 2017
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) made at best a general statement in its last quarterly reporting (spring 2017) about its monitoring and verification of Section T, annex 1 of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). This innovative, key section closes a loophole in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), explicitly banning...
August 9, 2017
Filed 08/09/17United States District CourtDistrict of MinnesotaCriminal No. 15-329 (JNE/FLN)United States of America,PlaintiffV.1. Green Wave Telecommunication, Sdn Bhd,2. Alireza Jalali, and 3. Negar Ghodskani,a/k/a Negar KaniDefendents.
August 1, 2017
According to a news report citing a U.S. Strategic Command initial assessment, Iran's attempt to place its first operational satellite into orbit on July 27 using a Simorgh space launch vehicle (SLV) experienced catastrophic failure shortly after liftoff. The case marks the first Iranian acknowledgment of launching the heavy SLV, operating from...
July 28, 2017
Washington – Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned six Iran-based subordinates of Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG), an entity central to Iran’s ballistic missile program, in response to Iran’s continued provocative actions, such as yesterday’s launch of the Simorgh space launch vehicle. ...
July 28, 2017
Specially Designated Nationals List UpdateThe following entities have been added to OFAC's SDN List:AMIR AL MO'MENIN INDUSTRIES (a.k.a. AMIR-AL-MO'MENIN COMPLEX; a.k.a. AMIROLMOMENIN FACTORIES; a.k.a. AMIROLMOMENIN INDUSTRIES), Esfahan, Iran; Additional Sanctions Information - Subject to Secondary Sanctions [NPWMD] [IFSR] (Linked To: SHAHID HEMMAT...