Iran Nuclear Program

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FAS Special Reports

October 2011: Towards Enhanced Safeguards for Iran’s Nuclear Program

Issue Briefs

January 2011: Using Enrichment Capacity to Estimate Iran's Breakout Potential

July 2010: Will Iran Give Up 20 Percent Enrichment

April 2010: The Twenty Percent Solution

FAS Blog Postings

FAS Strategic Security Blog – Iran

Enrichment Explained

The Nuclear Fuel Cycle

The nuclear fuel cycle is composed of several stages. This contributes to the complexity of monitoring nuclear programs. Click here for a detailed description of the nuclear fuel cycle.

In the News

Nov 29: Reuters, "For Iran, the Sanctions Price May Be Worth Paying"
Nov 18: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, "Seyed Houssein Mousavian: The West is Pushing Iran in the Wrong Direction"
Nov 14: Nature, "Iran's Nuclear Plan Revealed"
Nov 13: O Estado de São Paulo, "Relatório Sobre Irã Amplia Cisão Entre Potências" (Brazil)
Nov 12: Al Jazeera, "Iran: When Newsrooms Go Nuclear"
Nov 11: Inside Iran, "Q+A: IAEA Report Indicates Iran's Slow Development on Nuclear Program"
Nov 10: The Atlantic, "It's Not Too Late to Peacefully Keep Iran From the Bomb"
Nov 9: Voice of America, "The New IAEA Report on Iran's Nuclear Program" Part I (Persian)
Nov 9: Voice of America, "The New IAEA Report on Iran's Nuclear Program" Part II (Persian)
Nov 7: Reuters, "Q+A: UN Report on Iran's Nuclear Program"
Nov 4: Global Security Newswire, "Obama to Seek New International Penalties on Iran"
Oct 26: Huffington Post, "Washington Should Not Let the New Iran Crisis Go To Waste"
Oct 20: Global Security Newswire, "Looming Iran Assessment Worries Russia"
Oct 19: Council on Foreign Relations, "The Effort to Isolate Iran"
Oct 18: National Journal, "IAEA Should Release Iran Info, White House Says"
Oct 17: Reuters, "Analysis - Iran-U.S. Tension Rising Ahead of Elections"
Oct 14: Gulf News, "Will Israel Bomb Iran Without Notifying the U.S.?"
Oct 11: Global Security Newswire, "U.N. Agency to Air Data on Iranian Nuclear Missile Concerns"
Oct 10: Reuters, "IAEA Seen Giving More Detail on Iran Atom Bomb Fears"
Oct 10: The Guardian - Global Security Blog, "Obama Urged to Accept Iranian Nuclear Offer"
Oct 9: Huffington Post, "An Iran Policy for the 99%: Yes to the Medical Nuke Deal"
Oct 7: Global Security Newswire, "U.S. Should Accept Iran's Latest Uranium Enrichment Offer, Experts Say"
Oct 7: Asia Times, "Pressure Builds on Iran at Nuclear Watchdog"
Oct 5: IPS News, "Pressure Builds on Iran at Nuclear Watchdog Agency"
Oct 3: Reuters, "U.S. Cool on Iran Atom Offer, Experts See Chance"
Oct 1: The International, "Center of American Power in the Middle East Shifts From 'New Dawn'"
Sep 29: International Herald Tribune, "An Iranian Offer Worth Considering"
Sep 23: Council on Foreign Relations, "Rethinking U.S. Policy Toward Iran"
Sep 16: National Public Radio, "Iran's Political Infightening Ensnares 2 U.S. Hikers"
Sep 15: Gulf News, "Ahmadinejad Looks for Confrontation with the U.S."
Sep 14: The National, "Behind the Scenes Politics at Play in Ahmadinejad's Trip"
Sep 13: The Atlantic, "On Iran's Nuclear Program, Science Contradicts Rhetoric"
Sep 11: Foreign Policy, "Waiting for Bushehr"
Aug 1: Global Security Newswire, "Iranian Centrifuge Deployment Falls Behind Schedule"
Jun 29: CNN, "Iran Testing Potential Nike Missiles?"
Jun 29: Associated Press, "Iran Conducting Secret Ballistic Missile Tests"
Jun 8: The Atlantic, "Iran's Nuclear Program, Charging Ahead"
Jun 6: Bloomberg, "Iran Wants the Bomb and It's Well on Its Way"
May 19: National Journal, "U.S. Nuclear Agency Releases New Strategic Plan for Next Decade"
Apr 19: Gulf Times, "Alarm Over Nuclear Plant Fuel Rods"
Mar 22: Global Security Newswire, "U.S. Looks to Safeguard Medical Isotopes from Terrorists"
Mar 10: The Hill - Congress Blog, "The Next Phase of U.S. Strategy on Iran"
Feb 24: Global Security Newswire, "Iran Broadens Search for Raw Uranium: Intel"
Feb 23: Nature, "Clash Over Iran's Capability" (subscription required)
Feb 14: The Atlantic, "Iran Producing Enriched Uranium 'Constantly'"
Jan 24: Global Security Newswire, "Iran Meeting Yields No Deal on Nuclear Standoff"
Jan 23: Associated Press, "After Failed Iran Nuclear Talks: What Now?"
Jan 22: The Atlantic - blog, "Report: Iran's Nuclear Program Going Full Speed Ahead"
Jan 22: Agence France-Presse, "Iran Has Boosted Atomic Bomb Ability: U.S. Scientists"
Jan 20: Associated Press, "Iran's Nuke Program - How Much Time For Diplomacy?"
Jan 20: CBS News, "Iran Nuclear Negotiations to Begin Amid Doubts"
Jan 20: FOX News, "Scientists Warn Iran Could Produce Enough Nuclear Material for Warhead in 5 Months"
Jan 20: Global Security Newswire, "Iran Talks to Focus on Fuel Swap, Nuclear Monitoring"
Jan 19: Reuters, "Powers to Press Defiant Iran in Nuclear Row"
Jan 19: Global Security Newswire, "Prospects Appear Dim for Upcoming Iran Meeting"

IAEA Reports

Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 8 November 2011

Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 25 February 2011.
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008) and 1835 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 19 February 2009.
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 22 February 2007.
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 31 August 2006.
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 8 June 2006.
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 28 April 2006.
Communication received from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the IAEA, 2 February 2006
Developments in the Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran and Agency Verification of Iran’s Suspension of Enrichment-related and Reprocessing Activities Update Brief by the IAEA Deputy Director General for Safeguards, 31 January 2006
Iran’s Statement at IAEA Emergency Meeting, Mehr News Agency, August 10, 2005
Statement of IAEA Deputy Director for Safeguards (DDG-SG) Goldschmidt on Implementation of Safeguards in the Islamic Republic of Iran, June 16, 2005
Iranian President Visits Uranium Conversion Facility of Esfahan, Iranian Students News Agency, March 30, 2005
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Resolution adopted by the Board on 29 November 2004.
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, November 2004.
IAEA Resolution on Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, June 18, 2004.
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, June 2004.
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, February 2004.
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, November 2003. [MS Word Version]
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, June 2003.

CRS Reports

Iran Sanctions, October 13, 2011
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, September 28, 2011
Iran’s Nuclear Program: Tehran’s Compliance with International Obligations, February 15, 2011
Iran’s Economic Conditions: U.S. Policy Issues, April 22, 2010
Iran’s Nuclear Program: Status, December 29, 2009
Iran’s Ballistic Missile Programs: An Overview, updated February 4, 2009
Iranian Nuclear Sites, updated August 9, 2007

Photos

Russian TV Shows Plant Producing Fuel for Iran’s Bushehr, FBIS, April 4, 2005
Tehran TV Shows Khatami Visiting Natanz Nuclear Facility, Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran Network 1, March 30, 2005
News Agency, Blogger Post Photos of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, February 2005 (PowerPoint file, 2.4 MB)
News Agency Posts Photos of Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, November 2004 (PowerPoint file, 8.7 MB)
News Agency Posts Photos of Arak Heavy Water Facility, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, October 2004 (PowerPoint file, 2.3 MB)

Video

2011 June 29: CNN, “Iran Testing Potential Nuke Missiles?”

Other Resources

Iran’s Nuclear Programme: A Collection of Documents Presented to Parliament (UK) by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by Command of Her Majesty, January 2005 (1.8 MB PDF file)