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Articles and Reports
September 30, 2009
The disclosure of Iran's secret nuclear plant has changed the way the West must negotiate with Tehran. While worrisome enough on its own, the plant at Qum may well be the first peek at something far worse: a planned, or even partly completed, hidden nuclear archipelago stretching across the country.
The Qum plant doesn't make much sense as a stand...
Articles and Reports
September 25, 2009
Today's revelation that Iran has been building -- in secret -- a uranium enrichment plant should dispel any doubts about the true nature of Iran's nuclear program. Why would Iran hide such a site -- capable of fueling weapons as well as reactors -- if it is merely civilian in nature?
If the United States and its partners fail to win an immediate...
Policy Briefs
September 25, 2009
On September 25, 2009, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France revealed that Iran had been building a clandestine uranium enrichment plant, and called for an immediate inspection of the site by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Agency inspectors visited the plant one month later, and their preliminary findings were reported...
Interviews and Podcasts
September 17, 2009
Mr. Uzi Rubin, an Israeli engineer who formerly ran Israel's "Arrow" program for missile defense, gives high marks to Iran's recent success in making long-range missiles, and predicts that Iran would use these missiles in saturation attacks with high explosives in time of war.
In a recent interview with Iran Watch, Mr. Rubin emphasized that Iran...
Articles and Reports
July 9, 2009
According to a recent article in a Brazilian news magazine (ISTOE), Brazil and Iran are seeking to deepen financial cooperation and trade ties, including in ways that could mask Iran's involvement and help it circumvent sanctions. The final agreement, drafted in late March, was supposed to have been signed in May, according to ISTOE, during a...
Speeches and Testimony
July 9, 2009
The Export Administration Act (EAA) is the foundation of our system for controlling the export of dual-use, militarily sensitive technologies from the United States. For most of the last two decades, this key statute has been in lapse. The dual-use export control system has continued to operate on an emergency basis, under the authority of the...
International Enforcement Actions
July 1, 2009
On July 22, 2009, the United Arab Emirates seized 10 containers of North Korean military supplies labeled as oil boring machine parts on a freighter bound for Iran. Among the components reportedly taken were 2,030 detonators for short-range rockets, electric circuitry and solid-fuel propellant. The freighter, a CMA-CGM-owned vessel flying a...
Roundtables
June 4, 2009
Over the past several years, Congress has considered a variety of measures aimed at restraining Iran's nuclear program and its support for terrorism. The 111th Congress is again weighing such measures - just as the time to halt Iran's nuclear progress is growing shorter.
Past bills have chosen among several tactics: encouraging divestment from...
Articles and Reports
April 8, 2009
Yesterday, prosecutors in New York revealed that during the past three years, a Chinese firm sold Iran materials useful for making nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. The revelations were the product of an extensive investigation into suspicious transactions by the Manhattan District Attorney's office. The Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms...
Policy Briefs
February 2, 2009
On February 2, Iran joined the exclusive club of countries that have succeeded in placing a satellite in orbit. Iran launched its Omid satellite atop a two-stage rocket, the Safir-2, from Iran's space center in the Semnan Province, southeast of Tehran. The launch has alarmed the world because the same rocket Iran used to propel its satellite could...