Spreadsheet of Entities Removed from the E.U., U.N., and U.S. Lists Iran and the P5+1 announced on January 16, 2016 that Iran had met its initial obligations under the terms…
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Iranian Government Procurement Agent Sent Military Electronics to Iran
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…
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…
Questions Remain in “Final” Report on Iran’s Alleged Weapons Work
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released its long-awaited final report on Iran’s alleged past nuclear weapons work on December 2. This report is likely to be the Agency’s last…
Iran Moves to Implement Nuclear Deal by January
Iran is taking steps to expedite the implementation of the nuclear deal, which Iranian deputy foreign minister Abbas Araqchi expects in “early January.”[1] An early January implementation date now looks…
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’s Nuclear Potential before the Implementation of the Nuclear Agreement
This report provides an estimate of how soon Iran could have fueled a nuclear weapon before the implementation of the new nuclear agreement reached in 2015. It is phrased in…
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…