Ali Reza Parsa, a businessman with dual Iranian and Canadian citizenship, pleaded guilty in federal court in January 2016 to conspiring to ship U.S.-origin electronic components from the United States to…
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.
The Iran Deal: Who Has the Leverage?
Panelists Olli Heinonen Kenneth Katzman (*) David Kay John Lauder Michael Singh Moderated by the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control This month marks the anniversary of the historic nuclear…
The Iran Deal: One Year Later
On the first anniversary of the nuclear deal with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran Watch is publishing a compendium of its year-long analysis of the…
Iran Air, Prospective Buyer of Boeing Planes, Linked to North Korean Missile Shipments
The House of Representatives approved two measures last week aimed at blocking Boeing from selling commercial aircraft to Iran. The vote comes a few weeks after Boeing announced a preliminary…
Treasury Gives New Guidance, but Banks Still Wary
The U.S. Treasury Department released new guidance on June 8 that appears intended to reassure European and other non-U.S. banks wary of doing business with Iran. In an updated explanatory…
Missile Sanctions Must Target Iran’s Suppliers
On May 9, a senior Iranian defense official announced the recent test of “a missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers and a margin of error of 8 meters.”[1] Iran’s…
The Iran Nuclear Agreement: What Comes Next?
Remarks at the Heritage Foundation, Washington D.C. The nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 was officially implemented in January 2016. As a result, Iran has agreed to restrict the most…
Simmering Dissatisfaction on Both Sides of Nuclear Deal
Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif met in New York on April 19 amid dissatisfaction on both sides about the implementation of the nuclear agreement….
New Guidance on U.N. Procurement Channel Raises Larger Questions about Iran Deal Enforcement
This week, the United Nations published some guidance about a critical part of the nuclear agreement with Iran: the procurement channel. Sales to Iran of items controlled by the Nuclear…
CEO of U.S. Metallurgical Company Charged with Illicit Export of Metallic Powder to Iran
The CEO of a New York-based metallurgical company has been arrested on charges of illegally exporting a specialized metallic powder from the United States to Iran, the U.S. Justice Department…