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This website seeks to make available in a single location a broad array of information about Iran's nuclear program, from current news and assessments of this program, to ongoing diplomatic activity aimed at halting its uranium enrichment activity, to commercial satellite imagery and ground photos of nuclear-related sites, and information about Iran's illicit nuclear trade.

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- No Obama Letter to Iran?
  January 20, 2012
  
  On January 18, conservative Iranian lawmaker Ali Motahari announced and Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast confirmed that President Barack Obama had sent a letter to Supreme… Read More ›
- Iran’s Ridiculous Distraction
  November 18, 2011
  
  Iran should answer the IAEA’s concerns instead of trying to prevent the public from receiving in a timely manner widely available information about its nuclear activities
  
  In prepared… Read More ›
- David Albright on ABC’s This Week with Christiane Amanpour
  November 14, 2011
  
  Watch David Albright discuss Iran’s nuclear program and the next steps to resolve the crisis on the Sunday edition of ABC’s This Week with Christiane Amanpour.
  
  View the… Read More ›
- IAEA Release Report on Iran and Alleged Weaponization Efforts
  November 8, 2011
  
  The IAEA has released a highly anticipated safeguards report on Iran. In addition to regular inspections information on Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, the report also contains the exchanges, open issues… Read More ›
- Iran Nuclear Issue – Considerations for a Negotiated Outcome
  November 4, 2011
  
  John Carlson, former Director General of the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office, has written a paper highlighting the key considerations for a negotiated outcome regarding the Iranian nuclear issue.
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- Debunking Gregory Jones Again
  October 27, 2011
  
  by David Albright and Christina Walrond
  
  On October 18, Gregory Jones published a response to ISIS’s September 20 critique of his Read More ›
- Performance of the IR-1 Centrifuge at Natanz
  October 18, 2011
  
  Although the average monthly production of 3.5 percent low enriched uranium (LEU) has increased to about 150 kg/month, the number of centrifuges needed to produce this LEU has increased disproportionately… Read More ›
- Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges
  October 17, 2011
  
  Last summer, Iran began installing two cascades of advanced centrifuges at the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP) at Natanz. As of August 28, 2011, according to the International Atomic Energy… Read More ›

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- January 18, 2012
  Reality Check: Shorter and Shorter Timeframe if Iran Decides to Make Nuclear Weapons
  As Iran continues to enrich and increase its stockpile of uranium, the amount of time required to build a nuclear device - if the political decision were to be made - becomes shorter and shorter.
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- December 8, 2011
  No Visible Evidence of Explosion at Esfahan Nuclear Site; Adjacent Facility Razed
  Satellite imagery analysis of the Esfahan nuclear site in Iran following reports of an explosion in the area that might have affected the complex.
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- November 29, 2011
  Vyacheslav Danilenko – Background, Research, and Proliferation Concerns
  A detailed look at the man allegedly behind Iran’s work on the weaponization of nuclear material.
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- November 28, 2011
  Satellite Image Showing Damage from November 12, 2011 Blast at Military Base in Iran
  Satellite imagery of the blast at the Iranian military base.
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- November 14, 2011
  ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Part II-- Iran’s Work and Foreign Assistance on a Multipoint Initiation System for a Nuclear Weapon
  A detailed look into the question of Iranian weaponization efforts mentioned by the IAEA safeguards report of November 8, 2011.
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- November 8, 2011
  ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Part 1
  IAEA Details Evidence of Nuclear Weaponization Activities in Violation of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty; Enrichment at Natanz Continues to Stagnate; Three Cascades of IR-1 Centrifuges Installed at Fordow, Low Enriched Uranium Cylinder Moved to Fordow
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- November 4, 2011
  Iran Nuclear Issue – Considerations for a Negotiated Outcome
  John Carlson, former Director General of the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office, has written a paper highlighting the key considerations for a negotiated outcome regarding the Iranian nuclear issue.
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- October 18, 2011
  Performance of the IR-1 Centrifuge at Natanz
  During the past year, the performance of the IR-1 centrifuges at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) has faltered. Although the average monthly production of 3.5 percent low enriched uranium (LEU) has increased to about 150 kg/month, the number of centrifuges needed to produce this LEU has increased disproportionately compared to the previous year.
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- February 10, 2012
  EU asks India to help bring Iran to nuclear talks
  Manoj Kumar, Reuters
  The European Union wants India to draw Iran into talks over its nuclear programme but said strong sanctions are also needed, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said on Friday, as Asia's third-largest economy aims to increase trade with Tehran.
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- February 10, 2012
  Iran sanctions already hitting oil trade flows: IEA
  Christopher Johnson, Reuters
  Sanctions on Iran are already hitting global oil flows even though a European ban on imports from the Islamic Republic does not come into effect until July, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says.
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- February 10, 2012
  Israel isn’t likely to strike Iran’s nuclear program - this time
  Amir Oren, Haaretz
  Israel's belligerent talk is likely to be just that - talk. But that doesn't mean the regional upheaval couldn't make the nuclear threats facing us much, much worse.
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- February 10, 2012
  Asia giants join Iran diplomacy as sanctions hurt trade
  Michael Martina and Michael Hogan, Reuters
  China said on Friday it would send a senior official to Tehran to discuss Iran's nuclear standoff with the West, and India indicated it would also weigh in, as Asia's two giants seek to head off new sanctions already playing havoc with trade.
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- February 10, 2012
  China to send senior official to Iran for nuclear talks
  Reuters
  China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday it will send a senior official to Iran for talks on the country's nuclear programme, which has spurred tensions between Tehran and the West and led to new European Union and U.S. sanctions.
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- February 9, 2012
  Israel’s Mossad trained assassins of Iran nuclear scientists, report says
  Haaretz
  U.S. officials confirm link between clandestine Israeli operations and People’s Mujahedin of Iran activists, according to NBC News report.
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- February 9, 2012
  At the Pentagon and in Israel, plans show the difficulties of an Iran strike
  Walter Pincus, Washington Post
  If you are not prepared to go to war, you cannot threaten that “nothing is off the table” as you search for diplomatic solutions.
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- February 9, 2012
  EU Officials Try to Coax India Into Iran Faceoff
  Yousef Gamal El-Din, CNBC
  European Union officials are moving to ask India to further intensify the pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program. India, which imports 12 percent of its oil from Iran, has not jumped on the drawdown bandwagon just yet.
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