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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 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…
Iran Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile in Apparent Violation of U.N. Resolutions
Iran’s Defense Ministry announced the successful test of a new ballistic missile on October 11. The test is an apparent violation of U. N. Security Council resolutions and raises troubling…
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…
Parchin: A Troubling Precedent for Inspections in Iran
Iran continues construction on a military site linked to nuclear weapons work, according to an August 27 report by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The Agency has been barred from…
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…
How Will Inspections Work in Iran under the Nuclear Deal?
President Barack Obama, speaking this morning from the White House after the successful conclusion of talks in Vienna, declared that the nuclear agreement with Iran “is not built on trust;…
How to Evaluate a Nuclear Deal with Iran
If negotiators in Vienna reach an agreement over Iran’s nuclear program, attention will shift toward Congress and its legislatively mandated review of the deal. For an agreement to be considered…