Since May, when the Clinton administration declared its trade embargo against Iran, U.S. diplomats have had little success in getting Europe and Japan to follow suit. Paris, Bonn and Tokyo…
Iran
The Wisconsin Project publishes Iran Watch, a comprehensive website that tracks Iran’s ability to develop nuclear and chemical weapons, its ballistic missile and drone programs, and Iran’s efforts to evade the sanctions aimed at inhibiting this work. All of the Project’s analysis related to Iran, as well as a library of official documents and profiles of hundreds of Iranian entities linked to proliferation and their foreign suppliers, is available on Iran Watch. The content listed below reflects the Project’s early research and advocacy on Iran, and a selection of more recent work.
Iran’s Phantom Bomb
Suspicion Grows that Tehran Seeks Uranium for Nuclear Weapons U.S. officials are adamant that Iran wants an atomic bomb, and they tell the Risk Report that Tehran is giving uranium…
Exports and Terrorism: U.S. Export Licenses to Iran: September 1990 to September 1991
From September 1990 to September 1991, the U.S. Department of Commerce approved nearly $60 million dollars’ worth of sensitive exports to Iran. Most of these items were “dual use,” meaning…
Exports and Terrorism: U.S. Export Licenses to Iran and Syria: 1986-1990
From 1986 to 1990, the U-S. Commerce Department approved over $300 million worth of sensitive American exports to Iran and Syria. Most of these were “dual-use” items, capable of making…