Criminal indictments were unsealed in Delaware and Massachusetts relating to the prosecution of Iranian arms procurement agent Amir Hossein Ardebili. In May 2008, Ardebili pled guilty to multiple violations of…
Export Controls & Sanctions
The Wisconsin Project conducts research and advocacy to support robust controls on strategic goods and enforcement of autonomous and international sanctions. Export controls and sanctions are powerful means of inhibiting the spread of technologies used to make weapons of mass destruction. Listed below is a selection of the Wisconsin Project’s work in these areas, including analysis of export control enforcement cases, Iran sanctions violations, and commentary on U.S. export control policy.
Implementation Day Brings Sanctions Relief to Past Proliferators
Iran and the P5+1 announced on January 16 that Iran had met its obligations under the terms of the nuclear agreement and would immediately receive a first round of sanctions…
Bait and Switch on New Iran Missile Sanctions
Last week, the White House backtracked on plans to impose new financial sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program. The Wall Street Journal reported on December 30 that the Treasury Department…
Taiwanese National Conspires with Known Procurement Network to Send U.S.-Origin Dual-Use Electronics to Iran
Kunlin Hsieh, a Taiwanese national and sales manager for Junbon Enterprises Co. Ltd. in Taiwan, pleaded guilty in June 2015 to conspiring to ship U.S.-origin dual-use electronic parts from the…
Major Iranian Nuclear Entities to Receive Early Sanctions Relief
As part of the nuclear agreement with Iran, 36 entities will be removed from the United Nations blacklist when the deal is implemented next year. This represents about one-third of…
Iran Nuclear Deal Takes Effect: What’s Next?
The nuclear agreement with Iran—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—took effect on October 18, 2015. On that date, called “Adoption Day,” the United States and European Union published the legal…
What to Watch for after Implementation Day
Foreign ministers from the P5+1 countries and Iran met on September 28 for the first time since the nuclear agreement was finalized in July. The parties are focused on the…
In Shadow of Nuclear Deal, State and Commerce Sanction Iran Proliferators
The U.S. State Department issued a new round of sanctions against individuals and companies linked with Iranian proliferation on September 2,[1] even as the nuclear deal with Iran moved closer…
What the Iran Deal Says (and Doesn’t Say) about Iran’s Ballistic Missiles
One of the final hurdles in the nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 recently concluded in Vienna was the United Nations sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program and conventional…
How Iran Could Get Sanctions Relief under the Nuclear Deal Sooner than Anticipated
The nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 reached in Vienna on July 14, 2015 establishes a step-by-step sequence for Iran to receive relief from the sanctions that have crippled…