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November 20, 2024
This month’s newsletter features a report about the drone plant in Russia’s Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ), which manufactures Iranian-designed Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for use in Russia’s war against Ukraine. The report examines the web of relationships enabling the operation of the plant despite heavy sanctions.
Newsletters
October 30, 2024
This month’s newsletter features an analysis of Iran’s second missile attack on Israel, which was carried out at the beginning of the month. The strike largely failed to cause substantial damage and prompted an Israeli retaliatory attack on October 25.
Newsletters
September 30, 2024
This month’s newsletter features a new episode of Iran Watch Listen, a podcast by the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control.
Newsletters
August 29, 2024
This month’s newsletter features an article on Iran’s new space center at Chabahar, which is expected to become operational later this year. The spaceport’s capacity to launch larger rockets than Iran’s two existing facilities will enable the country to take the next steps toward its space ambitions.
Newsletters
July 31, 2024
This month’s newsletter features an investigation of two illicit procurement agents supplying microelectronics to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) drone program. The report draws on U.S.
Newsletters
June 27, 2024
This month’s newsletter features an article analyzing recent trends in U.S. sanctions on Iran. The United States has sought to give its sanctions more bite by coordinating designations with allied countries and sanctioning companies’ broader business networks. Additionally, the U.S.
Newsletters
May 29, 2024
This month’s newsletter features an update to a running timeline of Iran’s nuclear milestones. Since the last update, some U.N. sanctions on Iran’s nuclear program expired, but European countries decided not to lift their own proliferation-related sanctions as stipulated in the 2015 nuclear agreement.
Newsletters
April 30, 2024
This month’s newsletter features analyses of Iran’s January missile attacks on Syria, Iraq, and Pakistan and its larger attack on Israel this month. The January strikes contain important hints about the strengths and limitations of Iran’s missile capabilities, which played out during the April 13 attack and the successful air defense operation to...
Newsletters
March 29, 2024
This month’s newsletter features a new episode of Iran Watch Listen, a podcast by the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control. We sat down with Wolf-Christian Paes, an expert on arms and maritime security, to discuss Iran’s support for the Houthi rebel group, the ways in which arms are smuggled into Yemen, and what can be done to stop the...
Newsletters
February 28, 2024
This month’s newsletter features an analysis of two recent U.S. interdiction operations off the coast of Yemen. The operations, which turned up components of ballistic and anti-ship missiles and waterborne drones, present compelling evidence that Iran continues to violate the United Nations arms embargo on the Houthis.