On January 17, 2016 – the day after implementation of the nuclear deal with Iran – President Barack Obama announced the details of another agreement with Iran: four Americans who…
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.
Chinese Man Convicted on Charges of Exporting U.S.-Origin Pressure Transducers to Iran
On January 27, 2016, Chinese national Sihai Cheng pleaded guilty to six counts related to the export of American-made pressure transducers to Iran in violation of U.S. export laws. He had…
Gone but not Forgotten: Entities Removed from Official Blacklists on Implementation Day
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…
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…