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Is the Qom enrichment facility a repurposed tunnel complex?
September 29, 2009

The analysis of commercial satellite imagery from 2004, 2005 and 2009 seems to suggest that the recently disclosed Qom centrifuge enrichment facility in Iran may have previously been a tunnel… Read More ›

Suspected Qom enrichment plant site image overlay by Ogle Earth
September 28, 2009

Ogle Earth, using recent satellite imagery provided by ISIS and DigitalGlobe, has created a Google Earth viewable map of the most likely candidate for the Qom enrichment plant site in… Read More ›

New Satellite Imagery of Suspected Gas Centrifuge Site Near Qom, Iran
September 27, 2009

ISIS has obtained new commercial satellite imagery from GeoEye taken on September 26, 2009 of the suspected covert gas centrifuge facility under construction near Qom, Iran. This is one of… Read More ›

Satellite Imagery of Two Possible Sites of the Qom Enrichment Facility in Iran
September 25, 2009

ISIS takes a look at 2 sites that fit the reports of the possible locations of the recently disclosed Qom uranium enrichment facility in Iran.
Both sites display… Read More ›

U.S. statements regarding the disclosure of the Qom enrichment plant
September 25, 2009

Here are the USG-drafted background and talking points regarding the disclosure of the clandestine centrifuge facility at Qom.

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NYT reports clandestine facility near Qom
September 25, 2009

There is significant breaking news today of an alleged clandestine facility in Iran, which though not currently operational, could eventually house as many as 3,000… Read More ›

Concern increases over Venezuela’s nuclear ambitions and strengthening ties to Iran
September 22, 2009

Recently Hugo Chavez announced that Venezuela would seek the cooperation of Russia in developing a nuclear program that could involve the construction of a research reactor and a power reactor.… Read More ›

ISIS Case Study of the trials of German-Iranian trader Mohsen Vanaki and the relevant intelligence
September 16, 2009

ISIS takes a look at the case of Mohsen Vanaki, a German-Iranian trader, who was arrested in November 2007 and charged for brokering several deals to illicitly transfer dual use… Read More ›

September 29, 2009
Qom Uranium Enrichment Site May Have Been Re-purposed Tunnel Facility

Satellite imagery analysis seems to suggest that the recently disclosed Qom enrichment facility might have actually been re-purposed tunnel complex. 

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September 27, 2009
New Satellite Imagery of Suspected Gas Centrifuge Site Near Qom, Iran

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September 25, 2009
ISIS Imagery Brief of Two Possible Sites of the Qom Enrichment Facility

A set of before and after commercial satellite images of two sites fitting the descriptions given of the recently disclosed Qom uranium enrichment plant in Iran. 

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September 22, 2009
What is Venezuela Up To? Chavez’s Latest Efforts to Purchase Nuclear Technology Cause for Concern

Venezuela has announced plans for nuclear cooperation with Russia that might involve the construction of a research and a power reactor. Combined with the strengthening ties between Caracas and Tehran that would reportedly extend to the nuclear realm and to the supply of refined petroleum to Iran in direct contravention of the threat of U.S. supported U.N. sanctions, Venezuela risks becoming a major source of concern both in terms of dealing with Iran as well as non-proliferation in general. 

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September 16, 2009
The Trials of the German-Iranian Trader Mohsen Vanaki:The German Federal Intelligence Service assesses that Iran likely has a nuclear weapons program

In November 2007, German authorities arrested German-Iranian Mohsen Vanaki under suspicions that he illegally brokered the transfer of dual-use equipment to Iran with applications in a nuclear weapons program. This case provides rare, illuminating insight into a disagreement among intelligence agencies about the complex judgments concerning Iran’s nuclear program.

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September 1, 2009
Natanz Enrichment Plant: How to Measure Progress

The report clarifies misinterpretations based on the August 2009 IAEA report which indicated that the number on enriching centrifuges in Natanz had decreased, but which did not necessarily imply that the overall program had slowed down. 

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