Library Documents on Iran's Missile Program
April 29, 2014
As part of a series of measures announced by the Obama Administration today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the addition of eight Chinese companies and one Chinese individual to its Entity List for their roles in supplying Iran’s ballistic missile program through the Chinese proliferator Li...
April 29, 2014
Li Fangwei is a national of the People's Republic of China. Li Fangwei controls a large network of industrial companies based in eastern China, one of which is LIMMT Economic and Trade Company, Ltd. ("LIMMT").
Over the years, Li Fangwei's companies have done a great deal of business with Iran. This business has included selling to Iranian...
April 29, 2014
The U.S. Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Chinese weapons proliferator Li Fangwei, also known as Karl Lee.
Li Fangwei previously was sanctioned by the United States for his alleged role as a principal supplier to...
April 22, 2014
Most experts agree that the multilateral sanctions imposed on Iran since 2010 have contributed significantly to producing flexibility in Iran's position on the scope of its nuclear program. There is similar agreement that the effect of sanctions on Iran's foreign policy—particularly on its core interests in the Middle East region—and on its human...
April 16, 2014
Congress has at times expressed concern regarding ballistic missile and nuclear programs in Iran, North Korea, and Syria. This report focuses primarily on unclassified and declassified U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) assessments over the past two decades. These assessments indicate that there is no evidence that Iran and North Korea have engaged...
April 9, 2014
MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for your patience. Welcome to our backgrounder. I think most of you know the ground rules here, but just to remind people, you all know [Senior U.S. Administration Official] who will be doing this all on background as a Senior U.S. Administration Official. Please, let’s all keep it to that. [Senior U.S....
March 31, 2014
In June 2013, two key factors created conditions more favorable for resolving the Iranian nuclear crisis–the devastating impact on Iran's economy of international sanctions, especially oil and banking sanctions, and the election as president of pragmatic regime insider Hassan Rouhani, who views an agreement on the nuclear issue as a crucial means...
March 31, 2014
This Perspective begins by positing that a final nuclear agreement is reached between the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) and Iran and then examines the potential responses of two of the most important U.S. partners in the region: Israel and Saudi Arabia. The authors argue that because each partner's...
March 20, 2014
The Committee twice reached out to Iran last year in relation to incidents investigated by the Panel of Experts: we wrote on 12 April 2013 in relation to the Panel's unanimous conclusion that Iran's launches of the Shahab 1 and 3 missiles during the Great Prophet 7 exercises contravened paragraph 9 of resolution 1929 (2010); and on 21 May 2013 in...
March 19, 2014
Good afternoon, everyone. We at the [title redacted] level dove more deeply and at more detailed level into the substance of key issues more than we have ever previously. If the last round set the agenda and framework for the comprehensive negotiations, in this round we were able to build on the great work our experts have been doing and really...