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2023
Satellite Imagery Update on Alabuga Shahed-136 Drone Factory - No snow day for Russia's drone production!
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Victoria Cheng [1]
December 20, 2023
Russian Lancet-3 Kamikaze Drone Filled with Foreign Parts: Western Parts Enable Russian Lancet-3 Drone to Have Advanced Targeting and Anti-jamming Capabilities
Spencer Faragasso
December 18, 2023
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — November 2023
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and Andrea Stricker [1]
November 20, 2023
Electronics in the Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drone
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
November 14, 2023
Visible Progress at Russia’s Shahed Drone Production Site Satellite Imagery Update and Call for Action
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and the Good ISIS team
November 13, 2023
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - September 2023
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and Andrea Stricker
September 8, 2023
Highlights of Institute Assessment of Alabuga Drone Documents Supplied by Dalton Bennett at the Washington Post
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
August 17, 2023
A Strategic Challenge: A Peddling Peril Index Analysis of Countries’ Restricted Russia Trade
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
July 10, 2023
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - May 2023
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and Andrea Stricker [1]
June 6, 2023
Analysis of the IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - May 2023
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
June 1, 2023
The Iran Threat Geiger Counter: Moving Toward Extreme Danger
Institute for Science and International Security
May 10, 2023
Continued Activity Identified at Al-Qusayr, Syria
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso
April 12, 2023
North Korean Nuclear Weapons Arsenal: New Estimates of its Size and Configuration
David Albright
April 10, 2023
Underwater Nuclear Drone: North Korea’s Nuclear Madmen
David Albright
March 27, 2023
Updated Highlights of Comprehensive Survey of Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges - March 2023 [1]
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
March 21, 2023
Comments on the Recent IAEA NPT Safeguards Report and Joint Iran/IAEA Statement
Institute for Science and International Security
March 6, 2023
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - February 2023
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and Andrea Stricker [1]
March 3, 2023
Is Iran Contributing to Russian Drone Manufacturing in Yelabuga? Russian drone manufacturer, established in same city as visited by Iranian drone delegation, also advertises Western drone components
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
February 23, 2023
2022
Iran Building Nuclear Weapons
David Albright
December 5, 2022
Updated Highlights of Comprehensive Survey of Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges for December 2022 [1]
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
December 1, 2022
Procurement Data and Safeguards: Looking Historically and to the Future
David Albright
November 21, 2022
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - November 2022
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, and Andrea Stricker
November 16, 2022
The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - November 2022
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
November 14, 2022
Imagery Update: Iran Adds Expected Fourth Tunnel Entrance to its Natanz Tunnel Complex [1]
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
November 9, 2022
Iranian Drones in Ukraine Contain Western Brand Components
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
October 31, 2022
Iran’s Vastly Increased Advanced Centrifuge Deployment at Natanz Underground Facility
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
October 25, 2022
Iran Threat Assessment: Introducing the Iran Threat Geiger Counter
Institute for Science and International Security
October 20, 2022
The Nuclear Deal in Charts, Assuming a Revived Nuclear Deal
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
October 20, 2022
Updated Highlights of Comprehensive Survey of Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges - September 2022[1]
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
September 22, 2022
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - September 2022
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
September 9, 2022
The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - September 2022
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
September 8, 2022
The Fourth Nuclear-Weapons-Related Testing Site Located: Another Parchin Site, More Undeclared Nuclear Material Possible
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard [1]
September 7, 2022
Iran’s Latest Advanced Centrifuge Deployment
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
August 4, 2022
Further Indications of Iran’s Renewed Interest in Maraging Steel for its Nuclear Enrichment Program
Sarah Burkhard and David Albright
July 14, 2022
The IR-6 Centrifuge Needs Further Development
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
July 14, 2022
Video Walk-Through of Iran’s New Interim Centrifuge Assembly Center
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
June 29, 2022
Updated Highlights of Comprehensive Survey of Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges - June 2022 [1]
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
June 13, 2022
Gchine Coverup Part 3: Involvement of Amad and MOD
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
June 9, 2022
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - May 2022
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
June 6, 2022
The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - May 2022
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
June 2, 2022
Iranian Breakout Timeline Now at Zero
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
June 1, 2022
Codifying Support for Nuclear Inspections
David Albright
May 13, 2022
Russian Military UAV Used in Ukraine Depends on Foreign Parts
Spencer Faragasso
May 11, 2022
Imagery Update: Iran Continues to Harden its New Natanz Tunnel Complex [1]
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
May 5, 2022
Entering Dangerous, Uncharted Waters: Iran’s 60 Percent Highly Enriched Uranium
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
April 11, 2022
Responsible Statecraft Correlates with UN Vote on Russian Invasion of Ukraine : An Application of the 2021 Peddling Peril Index
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
March 21, 2022
Updated Highlights of Comprehensive Survey of Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges [1]
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
March 17, 2022
The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - March 2022
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
March 8, 2022
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - March 2022
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
March 4, 2022
More Demolition at the Marivan Former Nuclear Weapons Development Site
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard *
March 1, 2022
Where are Iran’s new centrifuge manufacturing capabilities?
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
February 16, 2022
Iran’s Natanz Tunnel Complex: Deeper, Larger than Expected
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and John Hannah [1]
January 13, 2022
Takeaways from 2021: Five Consequential Findings about Iran from a Year of Research and Analysis January 7, 2022
2021
A Comprehensive Survey of Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
December 2, 2021
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - November 2021
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
November 19, 2021
The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - November 2021
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
November 17, 2021
A Technical Note on Iran’s Current Stocks of 20 and 60 Percent Enriched Uranium
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
November 5, 2021
Iran’s Recent, Irreversible Nuclear Advances
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard [1]
September 22, 2021
Iranian Illicit Procurement Scheme to Acquire Controlled Spectrometry Systems Busted
Spencer Faragasso and Sarah Burkhard
September 16, 2021
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - September 2021
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
September 13, 2021
The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report - September 2021
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker[1]
September 9, 2021
Highlights of Iran’s Perilous Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons
David Albright with Sarah Burkhard and the Good ISIS Team
August 24, 2021
Reflections on Iran’s Production of 60% Enriched Uranium[1]
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
June 17, 2021
The International Inspectors Hold the Key to Truly Bringing Iran into Compliance with the Nuclear Deal’s Key Peaceful Pledge
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
June 14, 2021
Just What is Going on at Sanjarian?
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
June 14, 2021
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - May 2021
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
June 7, 2021
The IAEA’s Latest Iran NPT Safeguards Report: No Progress, No Accountability?
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
June 4, 2021
Priority List of Sites Deserving/Requiring International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Inspections, with Employee Interviews
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
May 20, 2021
Unknown Amad Sites, Prior to the Nuclear Archive Seizure
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
May 18, 2021
The IAEA’s Latest Iran NPT Safeguards Report: Tehran Continues to Stonewall Inspectors
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker[1]
February 25, 2021
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report - February 2021
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
February 25, 2021
Update on Natanz: Construction Progresses Towards Large-scale Tunnel Complex
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian
January 11, 2021
2020
Serial Bombings Observed at Masyaf, Syria
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian
December 28, 2020
New Extension to the Chashma Plutonium Separation Facility
Neil Hyatt[1] and Sarah Burkhard
November 30, 2020
Abadeh is Marivan (Revised and Updated): A Key Iranian Former Secret Nuclear Weapons Development Test Site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian
November 18, 2020
Analysis of November 2020 IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
November 12, 2020
The Amad Plan Pilot Uranium Conversion Site, Which Iran Denies Ever Existed
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian
November 9, 2020
Post Script: Looking at the new construction activity near Natanz from a new perspective November 5, 2020
Update on New Construction Activity at Natanz
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian
October 30, 2020
Looking for Evidence of the Construction of Iran’s New Centrifuge Assembly Plant: New Possible Preparations Identified
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian
October 7, 2020
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
September 4, 2020
Update on Assessing the Detonation at the Natanz Iran Centrifuge Assembly Center: New High Resolution Satellite Imagery Refines Details on the Explosion and Fire
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian
July 9, 2020
Damage to the Iran Centrifuge Assembly Center (ICAC) at Natanz Is Far More Severe and Extensive Than Previously Reported
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian
July 8, 2020
Mysterious Fire and Explosion in the New Natanz Advanced Centrifuge Assembly Facility
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian
July 3, 2020
Alleged Sanctions Violations of UNSC Resolutions on North Korea for 2019/2020: The number is increasing
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
July 1, 2020
Iran Defies the International Atomic Energy Agency: The IAEA’s Latest Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Frank Pabian, and Andrea Stricker [1]
June 10, 2020
The Alleged Nuclear Weapons Development Site near Abadeh, Iran
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian
June 10, 2020
Analysis of the IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report
by David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker [1]
June 8, 2020
Statement by the Institute for Science and International Security on Sanctions, the Coronavirus, and the Need to Verifiably Dismantle Iran’s Uranium Enrichment Program
David Albright, President
April 27, 2020
Iranian Breakout Estimates and Enriched Uranium Stocks
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
April 21, 2020
A Technical and Policy Note on Iran’s Recent Uranium Enrichment Capacity Claims - An Annex summarizes the status of Iran’s enrichment program, based on the last quarterly report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
April 15, 2020
Shahid Mahallati: “Temporary” Plant for Manufacturing Nuclear Weapon Cores
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian
April 8, 2020
New Information about Iran’s Production of Uranium Hexafluoride under the Amad Plan
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard [1]
April 2, 2020
Project Midan: New Information from the Archive
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian
March 5, 2020
Intensive Nuclear Weapons Component Testing Campaign during the Amad Plan
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
March 5, 2020
Gchine Coverup: Part 2
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
February 20, 2020
Iran’s Early Development of Nuclear Weapons Codes— An Example from the Nuclear Archive of a Project Proposal at Imam Hussein University
David Albright and Mark Gorwitz
February 18, 2020
2019
Presence of Undeclared Natural Uranium at the Turquz-Abad Nuclear Weaponization Storage Location
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Olli Heinonen[1], and Frank Pabian [2]
November 20, 2019
IAEA Iran Safeguards Report Analysis - Iran Commits Multiple Violations of the Nuclear Deal, Several Non-Reversible
David Albright and Andrea Stricker*
November 13, 2019
New Estimates of Iran’s Breakout Capabilities at Declared Sites Using a New, Simple-to-Use Breakout Calculator
David Albright with Sarah Burkhard
September 3, 2019
IAEA Iran Safeguards Report Analysis: Nuclear Deal Violations Persist, Cooperation Decreasing
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 2, 2019
Conversion of Fordow: Another Unfulfilled Hope of the Iran Nuclear Deal
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Frank Pabian, and Jack Toole
July 10, 2019
56 countries[1] involved in violating UNSC Resolutions on North Korea during last reporting period
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Bernadette Gostelow, Maximilian Lim, and Andrea Stricker
June 6, 2019
IAEA Iran Safeguards Report Analysis: Iran Pushes Past an Advanced Centrifuge Limit
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
May 31, 2019
Peddling Peril Index (PPI) for 2019
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker
May 23, 2019
Opportunity for a New Iran Nuclear Deal - Stop driving into the sunset looking through the rearview mirror
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
May 22, 2019
Iranian Pathway to a Nuclear Weapon Under the Amad Plan–What we learned from the Nuclear Archives May 21, 2019
From Iran’s Nuclear Archive: Schematics of Warhead in a Shahab-3 Re-entry Vehicle May 17, 2019
Interactive Iranian Nuclear Weapon Schematic May 17, 2019
The Hill op-ed: What to Do with the Crown Jewels of Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright and Olli Heinonen**
May 16, 2019
From Iran’s Nuclear Archive: Image of Pin Dome Used in Hydrodynamic Testing of a Nuclear Weapon May 16, 2019
From Iran’s Nuclear Archive: Organizational Chart of Project 110, Amad Supraorganizational Plan May 15, 2019
Neutron Source: Iran’s Uranium Deuteride Neutron Initiator [1] May 13, 2019
From the Iranian Nuclear Archive: Image of Flyer Plate and Assembly System May 13, 2019
Shock Wave Generator for Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program: More than a Feasibility Study
David Albright and Olli Heinonen**
May 7, 2019
Summary of Report: Project Midan: Building an Underground Nuclear Test Site in Iran [1]
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Olli Heinonen, Frank Pabian, and Andrea Stricker
April 25, 2019
Summary of Report: The Fordow Enrichment Plant, aka Al Ghadir [1] - Iran’s Nuclear Archive reveals Fordow was built originally to make weapon- grade uranium for 1-2 nuclear weapons per year
David Albright, Frank Pabian [2], and Andrea Stricker
April 25, 2019
Iran’s Long-Term Centrifuge Enrichment Plan: Providing Needed Transparency
Institute for Science and International Security
April 25, 2019
Brief Response to IISS Piece
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
April 8, 2019
National Interest Op-ed: Don’t Rejoin the Iran Deal, Fix It
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
April 5, 2019
IAEA Visits Turquz-Abad: Too Little, Too Late? The IAEA Has Many More Sites to Inspect Associated with the Iranian Nuclear Archive
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
April 4, 2019
Project Midan: Developing and Building an Underground Nuclear Test Site in Iran
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Olli Heinonen*, Frank Pabian**, and Andrea Stricker
April 2, 2019
Main report, with Annex I
The Fordow Enrichment Plant, aka Al Ghadir: Iran’s Nuclear Archive Reveals Site Originally Purposed to Produce Weapon-Grade Uranium for 1-2 Nuclear Weapons per Year
David Albright, Frank Pabian*, and Andrea Stricker
March 13, 2019
PDF file of report
Summary of Report: The Plan: Iran’s Nuclear Archive Shows It Planned to Build Five Nuclear Weapons by mid-2003 [1]
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Andrea Stricker
March 6, 2019
Summary of Report: Breaking Up and Reorienting Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program [1] - Iran’s Nuclear Archive Shows the 2003 Restructuring of its Nuclear Weapons Program, then called the Amad Program, into Covert and Overt Parts
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Andrea Stricker
March 6, 2019
Summary of Report: A Key Missing Piece of the Amad Puzzle: The Shahid Boroujerdi Project for Production of Uranium Metal and Nuclear Weapons Components [1]
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, Frank Pabian, and Andrea Stricker
March 6, 2019
Summary of Report: Anatomy of Iran’s Nuclear Deception and How Iran Benefited
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, Frank Pabian, and Andrea Stricker
March 6, 2019
The Time is Now to Act on the Iranian Nuclear Archives March 6, 2019
Part II: Technical Note on Reaching a Denuclearization Agreement with North Korea
Institute for Science and International Security
March 6, 2019
Technical Note on Reaching a Denuclearization Agreement with North Korea
Institute for Science and International Security
February 25, 2019
The Iranian Nuclear Archive: Implications and Recommendations
David Albright, Olli Heinonen [1], and Andrea Stricker
February 25, 2019
Parsing Iran’s Claims about Quickly Reconstituting the IR-40: Are the Plutonium Pathway Restrictions Undermined?
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
February 5, 2019
Op-ed: How North Korea Can be Convinced to Give Up Nuclear Weapons
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
January 30, 2019
A Key Missing Piece of the Amad Puzzle: The Shahid Boroujerdi Project for Production of Uranium Metal & Nuclear Weapons Components
David Albright, Olli Heinonen [1], Frank Pabian [2], and Andrea Stricker
January 11, 2019
PDF file of report
2018
Anatomy of Iran’s Deception and How Iran Benefited - Iran’s Nuclear Archive Confirms Gchine Uranium and Yellowcake Production Plant were Originally Part of a Clandestine Nuclear Weapons Fuel Cycle. Yet, Gchine never stopped operating.
David Albright, Olli Heinonen [1] , Frank Pabian [2], and Andrea Stricker
December 19, 2018
Case Study: How Extraterritorial Enforcement Can Disrupt Iran’s Illicit Financing Schemes - the Example of Huawei and Skycom
Andrea Stricker
December 13, 2018
Revealed: Emptying of the Iranian “Atomic Warehouse” at Turquz Abad
David Albright, Olli Heinonen[1], Frank Pabian[2], and Andrea Stricker
November 29, 2018
The Plan: Iran’s Nuclear Archive Shows it Planned to Build Five Nuclear Weapons by mid-2003
David Albright, Olli Heinonen*, and Andrea Stricker
November 20, 2018
Breaking Up and Reorienting Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program - Iran’s Nuclear Archive Shows the 2003 Restructuring of its Nuclear Weapons Program, then called the AMAD Program, into Covert and Overt Parts
David Albright, Olli Heinonen,[1] and Andrea Stricker
October 29, 2018
New Information about the Parchin Site: What the Atomic Archive Reveals About Iran’s Past Nuclear Weapons Related High Explosive Work at the Parchin High Explosive Test Site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Olli Heinonen,[1] and Frank Pabian[2]
October 23, 2018
U.S. and Allies Should Hold out for Broad North Korean Declaration and Inspector Access
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
October 11, 2018
Revisiting Kangsong: A Suspect Uranium Enrichment Plant
David Albright, with assistance from Sarah Burkhard
October 2, 2018
Case Study: Fake Defense Contractor Indicted for Exporting Military Related Drawings to Turkey
Hanah Joudi and Andrea Stricker
September 25, 2018
Revisiting Qusayr: Uncertainties Still Abound at Suspect Underground Site in Syria
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Hanah Joudi, and Frank Pabian
September 13, 2018
Institute Statement on the Singapore Summit
Institute for Science and International Security
June 12, 2018
Summary of North Korea’s Known Gas Centrifuge Program
Institute for Science and International Security
June 12, 2018
Commercial Satellite Imagery Analysis for Countering Nuclear Proliferation
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Allison Lach
June 8, 2018
Previously Identified: Iran’s New Centrifuge Assembly Workshop
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
June 6, 2018
North Korean Reprocessing Campaign May Have Taken Place
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
June 5, 2018
Technical Note on Iran’s Enrichment-Related Notifications to the IAEA
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
June 5, 2018
Pakistan’s Growing Uranium Enrichment Program
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian
May 30, 2018
Technical Note on a Timeline for North Korean Denuclearization
Institute for Science and International Security
May 29, 2018
On the Question of Another North Korean Centrifuge Plant and the Suspect Kangsong Plant
David Albright
May 25, 2018
Institute Statement on the Dismantlement of Punggye-ri
David Albright
May 25, 2018
New Thermal Power Estimates of the Khushab Nuclear Reactors
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Claire Chopin, and Frank Pabian
May 23, 2018
Thermal Power Plant at the Khushab Plutonium Complex is Nearly Complete
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Claire Chopin, and Frank Pabian
May 23, 2018
Verified Denuclearization of North Korea: Mechanics and Prospects
David Albright
May 14, 2018
Albright presentation
Understanding North Korea’s Nuclear Weapon Capabilities
David Albright
May 9, 2018
Statement Regarding the U.S. Decision to Terminate Participation in the JCPOA
Institute for Science and International Security
May 8, 2018
It Fits! Qom Site Layout
David Albright and Frank Pabian
May 1, 2018
Iran’s Investigation of Possible Underground Nuclear Test Sites in the AMAD Program prior to 2004
Institute for Science and International Security
May 1, 2018
Statement on Inter-Korean Summit
David Albright
April 27, 2018
Correlating a Country’s Economic Output with its Level of Export Controls
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, Bridget Leahy, and Andrea Stricker
April 23, 2018
Chongsu Nuclear-Grade Graphite Production Plant? North Korea may be proliferating controlled nuclear goods
David Albright
April 20, 2018
Continued Monitoring of the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
April 18, 2018
North Korea Continues Expanding Its Reactor Capability for Making Plutonium for Nuclear Weapons
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
April 5, 2018
Case Study: Two Plead Guilty in Pakistan Illicit Procurement Case
Bridget Leahy and Andrea Stricker
March 26, 2018
Iran Nuclear Deal Procurement Channel Update: Is it being bypassed?
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
March 26, 2018
Is the facility at Qusayr, Syria an underground nuclear facility? Public Evidence remains inconclusive
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Frank Pabian
March 21, 2018
Sudan/Russian Nuclear Power Cooperation Poses Proliferation Risks
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, Bridget Leahy, and Andrea Stricker
March 13, 2018
52 Countries Involved in Violating UNSC Resolutions on North Korea throughout most of 2017
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker
March 9, 2018
On-Going Monitoring of Activities at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Allison Lach
February 13, 2018
Evidence that the Yongbyon 5 Megawatt-Electric Reactor Remains Operational
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
February 2, 2018
Peddling Peril Index (PPI) for 2017
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker
January 31, 2018
Washington Post op-ed: Europe’s best chance on Iran could soon evaporate
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
January 3, 2018
2017
Countries Involved in Violating UNSC Resolutions on North Korea
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker
December 5, 2017
Analysis of the IAEA’s Eighth Iran Nuclear Deal Report: The JCPOA two years after Adoption Day
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
November 13, 2017
Note on the Question of Iran/North Korean Cooperation
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
October 16, 2017
Most Nuclear Ban Treaty Proponents are Lagging in Implementing Sound Export Control Legislation
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker
September 27, 2017
Transfer of Firearms on U.S. Control Lists Raises Proliferation, Terrorism Concerns
Andrea Stricker and David Albright
September 25, 2017
Update on Iran’s Compliance with the JCPOA Nuclear Limits- Iran’s Centrifuge Breakage Problem: Accidental Compliance
David Albright
September 21, 2017
Strengthening the Counter-Illicit Nuclear Trade Regime in the Face of New Threats: A Two-Year Review of Proliferation Threats Associated with the Middle East
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, Sarah Burkhard, and Erica Wenig
September 12, 2017
Khushab Update
Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Frank Pabian[1]
September 7, 2017
Case Study: United States Levies Civil Suits Against Chinese and Russian Entities for Helping North Korea Bust Financial and Nonproliferation Sanctions
Andrea Stricker
September 7, 2017
Analysis of the IAEA’s Seventh Iran Nuclear Deal Report: Still Little Detail and Potential Verification Problems
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 1, 2017
Verifying Section T of the Iran Nuclear Deal: Iranian Military Site Access Essential to JCPOA Section T Verification
David Albright and Olli Heinonen[1]
August 31, 2017
Nuclear Infrastructure and Proliferation Risks of the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Egypt
Sarah Burkhard, Erica Wenig, David Albright, and Andrea Stricker
August 25, 2017
Revisiting Parchin: With plenty of evidence of past Iranian nuclear weapons activity at Parchin, the IAEA needs to revisit the site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Olli Heinonen,[1] Allison Lach, and Frank Pabian[2]
August 21, 2017
Status of the Iran Nuclear Deal’s Procurement Channel
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
August 16, 2017
Potential Nuclear Weapons-Related Military Area in Baluchistan, Pakistan
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Frank Pabian
August 10, 2017
North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities: A Fresh Look - with Power Point Slides
David Albright
August 9, 2017
Power Point download
Cobalt 60 Sources in Mosul: Recovery and Lessons for the Future July 22, 2017
Enforcing the Iran Nuclear Deal More Effectively and Holistically ; A Response to Recent Analysis by IISS
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
June 16, 2017
A Freeze of North Korea’s Nuclear Program: Finding a Definition More Fitting of Today’s Reality
David Albright
June 13, 2017
Analysis of the IAEA’s Sixth Iran Nuclear Deal Report: A Return to More Limited Data
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
June 5, 2017
Is Iran Mass Producing Advanced Gas Centrifuge Components? Can we even know with the way the Iran deal has been structured and implemented so far?
David Albright and Olli Heinonen
May 30, 2017
WSJ op-ed: Trump Tries a ‘Waive-and-Slap’ Approach to Tehran
Mark Dubowitz and David Albright
May 17, 2017
U.S. Export Control Reform: Impacts and Implications for Controlling the Export of Proliferation-Sensitive Goods and Technologies, A Policy Document for the New President and Congress
Andrea Stricker with David Albright
May 17, 2017
Case Study: U.S. Man Indicted in Larger Iranian Financial Sanctions Busting Scheme
Andrea Stricker
May 3, 2017
North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities: A Fresh Look
David Albright
April 28, 2017
Shenyang Machine Tools Company
David Albright
April 13, 2017
Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Ambitions and Proliferation Risks
Sarah Burkhard, Erica Wenig, David Albright, and Andrea Stricker
March 30, 2017
Case Study: Guilty Plea for Charge of Exporting Metallic Powder to Iran
Andrea Stricker
March 23, 2017
North Korea’s Lithium 6 Production for Nuclear Weapons
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Mark Gorwitz, and Allison Lach
March 17, 2017
Analysis of the IAEA’s Fifth Iran Nuclear Deal Report
David Albright and Andrea Stricker*
March 3, 2017
Comment on New Joint Commission Decision to Address Iran’s Hold Up Material at the EUPP
David Albright
January 12, 2017
2016
Heavy Water Loophole in the Iran Deal
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
December 21, 2016
Case Study: Two Arrested in Iranian Aircraft Parts Trafficking Scheme, Result of U.S. Sting Operation
Andrea Stricker
December 7, 2016
Case Study: Four Turkish Nationals Indicted for Making Illicit U.S. Financial Transactions
Andrea Stricker
November 30, 2016
Analysis of the IAEA’s Fourth Iran Deal Report: Time of Change
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
November 15, 2016
Press Release: New Book on South Africa’s Nuclear Program September 30, 2016
September 2016: Monitoring Activities at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Samta Savla
September 20, 2016
Analysis of the IAEA’s Third Iran Deal Report: Filling in Missing Details
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 9, 2016
In Response to Reactions over our JCPOA Exemptions Paper
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 6, 2016
JCPOA Exemptions Revealed
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 1, 2016
North Korea’s Suspect, Former Small-Scale Enrichment Plant
David Albright
July 21, 2016
Previously Sanctioned Iranian Entities Doing Business in China
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
July 7, 2016
Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Attempted Carbon Fiber Procurement
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
July 7, 2016
Parchin: Will the IAEA Verify the Absence of Nuclear Weapons Activities in Iran?
By David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker
June 20, 2016
Plutonium, Tritium, and Highly Enriched Uranium Production at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site North Korea’s nuclear arsenal may be growing significantly
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
June 14, 2016
IAEA’s Second JCPOA Report: Key Information Still Missing May 31, 2016
Update on Iran’s Stocks of 3.5 Percent Low Enriched Uranium, Rev. 1 May 27, 2016
May 2016: Monitoring Activities at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
May 27, 2016
State Department’s Questionable Testimony on U.S. Heavy Water Purchase from Iran
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
May 26, 2016
Update on Iran’s Stocks of 3.5 Percent Low Enriched Uranium
David Albright
May 23, 2016
U.S. Purchase of Iran’s Heavy Water: Encouraging a Dangerous Nuclear Supplier
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
May 23, 2016
Case Study: Nuclear Traffickers Conspired to Procure High Speed Cameras
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
May 19, 2016
April 2016: Monitoring Activities at Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 29, 2016
Minor Activity at North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 25, 2016
The Iran Nuclear Deal’s Procurement Channel: Overcoming Post-Implementation Day Issues
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
April 21, 2016
Correlating the Operation of the Coal Plant to Reprocessing Activities at Yongbyon
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 15, 2016
Government Official Raises Concern about Plutonium Separation at Yongbyon
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 5, 2016
March 2016: Movement at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
March 23, 2016
North Korea’s IRT Reactor: Has it Restarted? Is it Safe?
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
March 9, 2016
Monitoring Developments at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
March 4, 2016
Khushab Reactors Operational While New Construction Progresses
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
February 29, 2016
IAEA’s First Post-Implementation Day Report: Key Information Missing
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker
February 26, 2016
Parchin after Implementation Day: When Will the IAEA Go?
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
February 17, 2016
Update on North Korea’s Reactors, Enrichment Plant, and Possible Isotope Separation Facility
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
February 1, 2016
Implementation Day Report
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
January 17, 2016
Update of Key Activities at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
January 13, 2016
From the Sky: North Korea’s 2016 Nuclear Test
By David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker
January 7, 2016
North Korea’s 2016 Nuclear Test
By David Albright
January 6, 2016
2015
Making Sense of Iran’s Stocks of 3.5 and Near 20 percent LEU
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 23, 2015
Taking Stock of Iran’s Near 20 Percent LEU
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 14, 2015
JCPOA Procurement Channel: Architecture and Issues
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
December 11, 2015
Power Point download
Plutonium & Highly Enriched Uranium, 2015 - Tables December 9, 2015
Plutonium & Highly Enriched Uranium, 2015 - Charts
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 9, 2015
Analysis of the IAEA’s Report on the PMD of Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 8, 2015
Parchin in the IAEA’s Final Assessment on the PMD to Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 3, 2015
Initial Reactions to the IAEA’s PMD Report
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 2, 2015
Israel’s Military Plutonium Inventory
David Albright
November 20, 2015
Highly Enriched Uranium Inventories in South Africa Status as of end of 2014
David Albright
November 20, 2015
Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
By David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, and Daniel Schnur
November 19, 2015
ISIS estimates of civil plutonium stocks worldwide as of the end of 2014.
Civil Plutonium Stocks Worldwide End of 2014
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Daniel Schnur
November 16, 2015
Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium Inventories, 2015 November 16, 2015
Addressing the Military Dimensions of Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Andrea Stricker
November 4, 2015
Military Highly Enriched Uranium and Plutonium Stocks in Acknowledged Nuclear Weapon States
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
November 3, 2015
India’s Stocks of Civil and Military Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium, End 2014
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
November 2, 2015
Pakistan’s Inventory of Weapon-Grade Uranium and Plutonium Dedicated to Nuclear Weapons
David Albright
October 19, 2015
Civil HEU Watch: Tracking Inventories of Civil Highly Enriched Uranium
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
October 7, 2015
North Korean Plutonium and Weapon-Grade Uranium Inventories
By David Albright
October 7, 2015
Daesh Hype about Stealing Nuclear Weapons
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
October 2, 2015
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 28, 2015
IAEA Visit to the Parchin Site
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
September 22, 2015
Additional Taiwan-Based Element of Iranian Military Goods Procurement Network Exposed
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, Daniel Schnur, and Sarah Burkhard
September 16, 2015
Update on North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
September 15, 2015
Parchin Site Update and Debate
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
September 11, 2015
Preliminary Assessment of the JCPOA Procurement Channel
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
August 31, 2015
ISIS Analysis of the IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, and Daniel Schnur
August 28, 2015
Breakout Timelines Under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
David Albright, Houston Wood, and Andrea Stricker
August 18, 2015
Flawed Analysis by Robert Kelley in IHS Jane’s 360
Institute for Science and International Security
August 13, 2015
Construction Continues at Pakistan’s Khushab Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
August 12, 2015
WP Op-Ed: What Iran’s Hostile Reaction to the Parchin Issue Means for the Nuclear Deal
David Albright
August 10, 2015
Satellite Imagery Does Not Support Iranian Road Work Claim at Parchin
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker
August 7, 2015
Renewed Activity at the Parchin Site in Iran
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
August 5, 2015
ISIS Analysis of JCPOA (Verification and Heavy Water Reactor Restrictions)
Institute for Science and International Security
July 28, 2015
ISIS Analysis of JCPOA (LEU Cap, Civil Nuclear Benefits, JCPOA Fundamental Goal)
Institute for Science and International Security
July 22, 2015
ISIS Analysis of JCPOA (LEU Stocks, Plutonium Pathway, and PMD)
Institute for Science and International Security
July 21, 2015
On-Going Debate Over Iran’s Newly Produced LEU Hexafluoride
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
July 3, 2015
Resolving the IAEA’s PMD Concerns Concretely Prior to the Lifting of Key Sanctions
David Albright
July 2, 2015
Iran’s Newly Produced Low Enriched Uranium Hexafluoride: Not Fully Converted
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker
July 1, 2015
Syria’s Unresolved Nuclear Issues Reemerge in Wake of ISIL Advance and Ongoing Civil War
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Sarah Burkhard
June 30, 2015
The U.S. Fact Sheet’s Missing Part: Iran’s Near 20 Percent LEU Updated June 5, 2015 with new IAEA data
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
June 5, 2015
State Department Explanation of Iran’s Newly Produced 3.5 Percent Enriched Uranium Falls Short
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
June 5, 2015
Iran’s Stock of Less than Five Percent Low Enriched Uranium June 2015 Update
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
June 2, 2015
ISIS’s Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report May 29, 2015
Parchin: A Pre-Comprehensive Agreement Update
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
May 26, 2015
New Construction at Pakistan’s Khushab Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
May 19, 2015
Case Study: Skilled Procurement Ring Charged in Illegally Obtaining Goods for Iran
By Christopher Coughlin and Andrea Stricker
May 5, 2015
The U.S. Fact Sheet’s Missing Parts: Iran’s Near 20 Percent LEU
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
May 4, 2015
Yongbyon: A Better Insight into the Status of the 5MWe Reactor
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 29, 2015
Comments on the April 20, 2015 IAEA Report on the Status of Iran’s Compliance with the JPA
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 22, 2015
ISIS Note: Why Access to Iranian Military Sites Matters in a Long-Term Deal
Christopher Coughlin
April 13, 2015
P5+1/Iran Framework: Needs Strengthening
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Houston Wood
April 11, 2015
Updates to ISIS Illicit Trade Case Studies
Christopher Coughlin and Andrea Stricker
April 1, 2015
Preventing Proliferation Assistance between Iran and other Proliferant States or Entities
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
March 30, 2015
Future Directions in the DPRK’S Nuclear Weapons Program: Three Scenarios for 2020
David Albright
February 26, 2015
Pakistan’s Chashma Plutonium Separation Plant: Possibly Operational
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
February 20, 2015
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
By David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, Paulina Izewicz, and Daniel Schnur
February 20, 2015
ISIS’s initial findings from the Iran safeguards report
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, Paulina Izewicz, and Daniel Schnur
February 19, 2015
Modifications at the Parchin Site: A Comprehensive Timeline; New Imagery Suggests Re-Asphalting
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Christopher Coughlin
February 11, 2015
Pakistan’s Fourth Reactor at Khushab Now Appears Operational
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
January 16, 2015
2014
Case Study: Iranian Illicit Financing for Quds Force’s Overseas Purchases
David Albright and Jack Dishner
December 17, 2014
Update on IR-5 Centrifuge Issue: Taking Stock
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
December 16, 2014
Stopping Iran’s Illicit Nuclear Procurement
Ian J. Stewart and Andrea Stricker
December 12, 2014
Iran’s Stock of near 20 Percent LEU under the Extension of the Joint Plan of Action
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, and Andrea Stricker
December 8, 2014
Yongbyon: Monitoring Activities during Shutdown of 5 MW Reactor
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 5, 2014
Update on Iran’s Stock of Less than Five Percent Low Enriched Uranium
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz
November 24, 2014
Analysis of Status of Iran’s Compliance with the Joint Plan of Action
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, and Andrea Stricker
November 24, 2014
Provisions to Limit Future Iranian Illicit Procurements for Its Nuclear Programs
David Albright and Olli Heinonen
November 20, 2014
A Note on Iran’s IR-5 Centrifuge Feeding
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
November 20, 2014
ISIS Note: Further Questions on Sanctioned North Korean Entity
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
November 19, 2014
Revisiting Iran’s Stock of Near 20 Percent LEU
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz
November 18, 2014
Evaluating Iran’s Stock of Less than Five Percent Low Enriched Uranium
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz
November 18, 2014
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
November 7, 2014
Initial Reaction to IAEA Safeguards Report
Intitute for Science and International Security
November 7, 2014
Covering all the Iran Nuclear Breakout Paths in the P5+1 Negotiations
David Albright
November 6, 2014
A New Approach to Resolve Military Aspects of Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright and Olli Heinonen
November 5, 2014
Event: Albright, Perkovich, Pletka on Iran October 24, 2014
Update on Alleged Explosion at Parchin Military Complex
David Albright, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
October 21, 2014
ISIS Response to South Korean Foreign Minister’s Comments on Yongbyon
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
October 10, 2014
Finding the Site of the Alleged Explosion at the Parchin Military Complex
David Albright, Joseph Bermudez, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Stephen Wood
October 9, 2014
Yongbyon: Centrifuge Enrichment Plant Expands while 5 MWe Reactor is Possibly Shut Down
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
October 4, 2014
Technical Note: Making Sense out of the IR-8 Centrifuge
David Albright
September 23, 2014
Technical Note: Making Sense out of Iran’s Offers to Cut its SWUs
David Albright
September 23, 2014
Compendium of ISIS’s Reports and Recommendations on the P5+1/Iran Long-Term Deal Negotiations
Institute for Science and International Security
September 22, 2014
Iran Admits Illegally Acquiring Goods for its Nuclear Programs
David Albright, Daniel Schnur, and Andrea Stricker
September 10, 2014
Advisory: United States Enforces Existing Sanctions against Key Iranian Company
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 9, 2014
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
September 5, 2014
Update on Parchin: A Necessary Piece of a Comprehensive Nuclear Deal
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, and Daniel Schnur
September 3, 2014
Needless Collateral Damage
Institute for Science and International Security
September 2, 2014
Centrifuge Research and Development Limitations in Iran
Institute for Science and International Security
August 29, 2014
Activities Detected at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, William Baker, and Won Gi You
August 6, 2014
Time is Short for Iran to Address IAEA’s Nuclear Weapon Concerns
Institute for Science and International Security
August 1, 2014
Iran’s Near 20 Percent Stock: Status and Need to Reduce Size
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz
July 31, 2014
“The Six’s” Guiding Principles in Negotiating with Iran
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Andrea Stricker
July 22, 2014
India’s New Uranium Enrichment Plant in Karnataka
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
July 1, 2014
Iranian Breakout Study Drastically Overestimates Time to Nuclear Weapon
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
June 17, 2014
Comments on the Princeton Group’s Proposal on Iran: Appendix 1 Centrifuge R&D Limitations June 12, 2014
Comments on the Princeton Group’s Proposal on Iran
ISIS
June 12, 2014
In Response to Gareth Porter’s Ridiculous Attack
David Albright
June 9, 2014
Five Compromises to Avoid in a Comprehensive Agreement with Iran
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Andrea Stricker
June 3, 2014
Spin, Spin, Spin
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
May 27, 2014
ISIS Analysis of the IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
May 23, 2014
Making Iran Come Clean About Its Nukes
David Albright and Bruno Tertrais
May 15, 2014
Parchin: Resolution Urgent
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
May 12, 2014
On-going Activity at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim
May 10, 2014
Case Study- Serial Proliferator Karl Li: China’s Continued Refusal to Act
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Donald Stewart
May 8, 2014
North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site: Activities Continue on May Day 2014
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim
May 2, 2014
Activities Continue at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site (revised May 1, 2014)
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim
May 1, 2014
Case Study: Chinese Citizen’s Involvement in the Supply of MKS Pressure Transducers to Iran Preventing a Reoccurrence
Ian J. Stewart, Andrea Stricker, and David Albright
April 30, 2014
Activities Continue at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site April 29, 2014 (revised April 30, 2014, am)
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim
April 30, 2014
Activities Continue at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site (revised April 30)
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim
April 30, 2014
Case Study- Suspicious Advertisements for High Quality Maraging Steel The question of Electrovek Steel’s Farsi language web site
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Donald Stewart, and Andrea Stricker
April 28, 2014
Monitoring North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 26, 2014
Case Study- Canada Prosecutes Company for Possible Nuclear Related Export to Iran
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
April 24, 2014
Monitoring Activity at Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 23, 2014
Olli Heinonen on Iran’s implementation of the JPA
Olli Heinonen
March 25, 2014
Update on Iran’s Total Near 20 Percent Enriched Uranium Stock
David Albright, Patrick Migliorini, Christina Walrond, and Houston Wood
March 11, 2014
The Iran Primer- Centrifuges: Key to Final Nuclear Deal
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
March 10, 2014
Case Study - Chinese National Sought High-Strength Carbon Fiber for China
Donald Stewart and Andrea Stricker
March 5, 2014
Changes Visible at Parchin Nuclear Site Why Parchin Matters to a Final Deal
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
February 25, 2014
Update on Lashkar Ab’ad: Iran’s Laser Enrichment Capabilities
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
February 24, 2014
Iran’s Centrifuge Research and Development Program: Revised
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz
February 24, 2014
Additional Centrifuge Plants: Update
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
February 24, 2014
ISIS Analysis of the IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker
February 20, 2014
Maintaining a Six-Month Breakout Timeline in Iran
David Albright, Patrick Migliorini, Christina Walrond, and Houston Wood
February 17, 2014
Exploding Bridge Wire Issue: A Crack in the Door?
David Albright
February 12, 2014
Case Study - U.S. Busts Iranian Smuggling Scheme Involving a Nuclear-Related Good
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
January 31, 2014
Iran’s Centrifuge Research and Development Program
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz
January 27, 2014
Defining Iranian Nuclear Programs in a Comprehensive Solution
ISIS
January 21, 2014
Update on Fordow Centrifuge Site: Future Uncertain
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
January 13, 2014
2013
Further Construction Progress on the Fourth Heavy Water Reactor at Khushab Nuclear Site
Serena Kelleher-Vergantini and Robert Avagyan
December 20, 2013
No Significant Changes Visible at Parchin Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 10, 2013
Increased Activity at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 5, 2013
Construction Finishing of Likely New Indian Centrifuge Facility at Rare Materials Plant Efforts to Build a Larger Centrifuge Complex Encounter Opposition
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 4, 2013
Iran’s Negotiating Track with the IAEA
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
November 26, 2013
The Rocky Path to a Long-Term Settlement with Iran
David Albright
November 25, 2013
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker
November 15, 2013
Determining the Irreducible Elements of an Interim Agreement with Iran: A Freeze Plus
ISIS
November 5, 2013
Case Study - Getting to the Core: United States Charges Iranian with Missile Export Violations
Andrea Stricker
November 4, 2013
Iranian Breakout Estimates - Summary
Patrick Migliorini, David Albright, Houston Wood, and Christina Walrond
October 24, 2013
Iranian Breakout Estimates, Updated September 2013
Patrick Migliorini, David Albright, Houston Wood, and Christina Walrond
October 24, 2013
In Response to Recent Questionable Claims about North Korea’s Indigenous Production of Centrifuges
David Albright and Olli Heinonen*
October 18, 2013
David Albright’s Testimony on Iran before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
David Albright
October 3, 2013
Future World of Illicit Nuclear Trade: Mitigating the Threat
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Houston Wood
October 1, 2013
An Appeal to Iran
David Albright and Christina Walrond
September 19, 2013
Myanmar to Sign Additional Protocol
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 16, 2013
Misleading Statement on Iran’s 20 Percent Low Enriched Uranium Conversion
David Albright and Christina Walrond
September 13, 2013
Syria’s Past, Secret Nuclear Program Poses Proliferation Risks
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
September 13, 2013
Steam Venting from Building Adjacent to 5MWe Reactor: Likely Related to Reactor Restart
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
September 11, 2013
North Korean Yongbyon nuclear center, August 31, 2013
Institute for Science and International Security
August 31, 2013
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker
August 28, 2013
Quick Reaction to IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran August 28, 2013
Update on the Parchin Site
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
August 22, 2013
Recent Doubling of Floor Space at North Korean Gas Centrifuge Plant : Is North Korea doubling its enrichment capacity at Yongbyon?
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
August 7, 2013
Modeling Iran’s Tandem Cascade Configuration for Uranium Enrichment by Gas Centrifuge
William C. Witt, Patrick Migliorini, David Albright, Houston Wood
July 31, 2013
Critical Capability
David Albright and Christina Walrond
July 30, 2013
Lashkar Ab’ad: Iran’s Unexplained Laser Enrichment Capabilities
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
July 29, 2013
Iran’s Critical Capability in 2014: Verifiably Stopping Iran from Increasing the Number and Quality of its Centrifuges
David Albright and Christina Walrond
July 17, 2013
Update on the Arak Reactor
David Albright and Christina Walrond
July 15, 2013
Myanmar Government Must Close Down Military Ties with North Korea
Andrea Stricker and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
July 5, 2013
Can Rouhani Deliver a Nuclear Deal? Can he be Trusted?
Meredith Tull and Andrea Stricker
June 19, 2013
Burma Reiterates its “No-Nuclear-Weapons” Commitment
Serena Kelleher-Vergantini and Andrea Stricker
May 24, 2013
Case Study - United States Busts Likely North Korean Transshipment Scheme
Andrea Stricker
May 24, 2013
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report of May 22, 2013
David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker
May 22, 2013
Iran Laying Asphalt at the Suspect Parchin Site May 22, 2013
Stopping an Undetectable Iranian Bomb
David Albright, Mark Dubowitz, and Orde Kittrie
March 27, 2013
Preventing the Suppression of Uncomfortable Truths on Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright
March 7, 2013
Basic Attack Strategy of Stuxnet 0.5 rev. 1
the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
February 28, 2013
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
by David Albright, Christina Walrond, Andrea Stricker, and Robert Avagyan
February 21, 2013
Flawed Bloomberg Article on Iran Nuclear Sanctions
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
February 20, 2013
Ring Magnets for IR-1 Centrifuges
David Albright
February 13, 2013
North Korean Miniaturization
David Albright
February 13, 2013
ISIS Statement on North Korean Nuclear Test
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
February 12, 2013
Monitoring Activity at Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site*
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
February 3, 2013
Day after Alleged Sabotage at Fordow: Hardly the Expected Emergency Response
David Albright, Robert Avagyan and Andrea Stricker
January 30, 2013
Taking Stock and Moving Forward on the Issue of the Parchin High Explosives Test Site
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
January 25, 2013
Case Study - Chinese Salesman Arrested in Pressure Transducer Case
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
January 18, 2013
Steering Iran Away from Building Nuclear Weapons
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
January 16, 2013
U.S. Nonproliferation Strategy for the Changing Middle East
David Albright,, Mark Dubowitz, Orde Kittrie, Leonard Spector and Michael Yaffe
January 14, 2013
Executive Summary - U.S. Nonproliferation Strategy for the Changing Middle East
David Albright,, Mark Dubowitz, Orde Kittrie, Leonard Spector and Michael Yaffe
January 14, 2013
Press Release - Project on U.S. Middle East Nonproliferation Strategy January 14, 2013
2012
The AP Graphs: A Preliminary Discussion
David Albright
December 19, 2012
Update on Ongoing Construction at the Parchin High Explosive Test Site
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
December 12, 2012
Significant Changes Made to Parchin High Explosives Test Site, Further Activity Likely November 29, 2012
Understanding the IAEA’s Mandate in Iran: Avoiding Misinterpretations
By David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Orde Kittrie
November 27, 2012
In Positive Move, Burma to Sign Additional Protocol
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
November 19, 2012
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
by David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker
November 16, 2012
Aiding the Physics Research Center’s Overseas Procurements: Role of Applied Science Co. and Akebono Boeki Co. November 15, 2012
Appendix: Applied Science Telexes November 15, 2012
Comments on Wall Street Journal Editorial and Our Breakout Estimates*
David Albright, Christina Walrond, William Witt, and Houston Wood
October 30, 2012
United States Prosecutes U.S.-Based Smuggler Working for Iran
Andrea Stricker
October 26, 2012
Closing the Tinners’ Swiss Criminal Case*
David Albright and Michael Rietz**
October 26, 2012
Discouraging Any Iranian Decision to Produce Highly Enriched Uranium
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond
October 25, 2012
Challenges Posed by North Korea’s Weapon-Grade Uranium and Weapon-Grade Plutonium
David Albright and Christina Walrond
October 24, 2012
Parchin High Explosives Test Site Activity Still Ongoing
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
October 17, 2012
Iran’s Evolving Breakout Potential
William C. Witt, Christina Walrond, David Albright and Houston Wood
October 8, 2012
Revisiting Danilenko and the Explosive Chamber at Parchin: A Review Based on Open Sources
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
September 17, 2012
Revisiting Vyacheslav Danilenko: His Origins in the Soviet Nuclear Weapons Complex
Mark Gorwitz
September 17, 2012
V. V. Danilenko’s Expertise in Explosive Chambers: Translated Selections from the 2003 Book
Robert Avagyan
September 17, 2012
Time for Action on Iran at IAEA Board of Governors Meeting
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 11, 2012
Hypocritical Non-Aligned Movement communiqué supports Iran’s continued nuclear stonewalling
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Andrew Ortendahl
September 7, 2012
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report from August 30, 2012
David Albright, Christina Walrond, Andrea Stricker, and Robert Avagyan
August 30, 2012
Iran’s heading of the Non-Aligned Movement: Lead up to more confrontation?
Andrew Ortendahl and Andrea Stricker
August 29, 2012
New Phase of Suspect Activity at Parchin Site
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
August 24, 2012
Support the Reformist Call for a National Referendum over Iran’s Nuclear Program
Lyle Bacaltos and Andrea Stricker
August 20, 2012
North Korea’s Estimated Stocks of Plutonium and Weapon-Grade Uranium
David Albright and Christina Walrond
August 16, 2012
British Bank Accused of Doing Massive Illegal Iran Business: Settles with New York Authorities
Andrea Stricker
August 15, 2012
Update on North Korean Light Water Reactor Construction Project
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
August 14, 2012
Major U.S. Sting Operation Arrests Iranian in Nuclear Smuggling Network
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
August 10, 2012
Potential Change in Iran’s Nuclear Fatwa?
Lyle Bacaltos
August 2, 2012
Cleanup Activity at Suspected Parchin Test Site Appears Complete: Site Considerably Altered
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
August 1, 2012
Activity at Parchin Explosive Testing Site Continues: Time Running Out for a Sound IAEA Inspection
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
July 2, 2012
Suspected Clean-Up Activity Continues at Parchin Military Complex: Considerable Dirt Movement Near Suspect Building
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
June 20, 2012
Iranian Production of 19.75 Percent Enriched Uranium: Beyond Its Realistic Needs
David Albright and Christina Walrond
June 15, 2012
Déjà vu at Fordow? What are Iran’s enrichment plans?
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond
June 4, 2012
Is Iran Building a Third Enrichment Plant?
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
June 4, 2012
Further Activity at Suspected Parchin Explosive Testing Complex: Two Small Buildings Razed
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
May 30, 2012
ISIS Analysis of the May 25, 2012 IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Production of 3.5% Enriched Uranium Increases Significantly; Iran Continues to Increase its Stock of 19.75% LEU; Rapid Installation of Large Numbers of IR-1 Centrifuge Outer Casings Not a Prelude to Dramatically Increased Centrifuge Deployment at Natanz or Fordow; Advanced Centrifuge Program Still Troubled But Makes Some Progress
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond
May 25, 2012
Construction Progressing Rapidly on the Fourth Heavy Water Reactor at the Khushab Nuclear Site
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
May 21, 2012
The Physics Research Center Telexes: New ISIS Studies and Findings
David Albright and Paul Brannan
May 16, 2012
Iranian Smuggling for Military Nuclear Programs: From Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group to the PHRC
David Albright and Paul Brannan
May 16, 2012
Telexes: Front Company Kala Naft
David Albright and Paul Brannan
May 16, 2012
Telexes: Amir Kabir University and Dr. Shahmoradi
David Albright
May 16, 2012
The Telexes: Whole Body Counters and the Physics Research Center
David Albright and Paul Brannan
May 16, 2012
Case Study - U.S. Company Charged with Pressure Transducer Sales: Who Were the End Users? May 14, 2012
Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Responds to Evidence of New Activity at Parchin Site May 11, 2012
Opening the Door to a Solution with Iran
David Albright and Olli Heinonen*
May 9, 2012
New Satellite Image Shows Activity at Parchin Site in Iran
David Albright and Paul Brannan
May 8, 2012
Case of Three Tinners Set for Trial: Plea Deal Expected April 25, 2012
Internal IAEA information links the Supreme Leader to 1984 decision to seek a nuclear arsenal April 20, 2012
Media Matters’ Faulty Report on Broadcast Media April 19, 2012
Satellite Imagery of North Korean Nuclear Test Site Shows Growth in Pile of Material Near Test Shaft ; Unclear if Nuclear Test Will Follow
Paul Brannan
April 10, 2012
A Freeze Today, Not in the Future, to Iran’s 20 Percent Enrichment
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, Paul Brannan, and Christina Walrond
April 10, 2012
Early Satellite Image Shows Foundation for High Explosive Test Chamber at Parchin Site in Iran: What was the Chamber for?
David Albright and Paul Brannan
April 10, 2012
U.S. Intelligence Estimates and the Iranian Nuclear Program
David Albright and Paul Brannan
April 9, 2012
The New National Intelligence Estimate on Iran: A Step in the Right Direction
David Albright and Paul Brannan
March 22, 2012
Department 70 and the Physics Research Center: Extensive Interest in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technologies
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Mark Gorwitz, and Andrew Ortendahl
March 19, 2012
Appendix for Department 70 March 15, 2012
Communication Dated 2 March 2012 received from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Agency, GOV/INF/2012/4 March 15, 2012
Satellite Image of Building Which Contains a High Explosive Test Chamber at the Parchin Site in Iran
David Albright and Paul Brannan
March 13, 2012
Light Water Reactor Construction Progressing at Yongbyon Nuclear Site March 5, 2012
Preventing Iran From Getting Nuclear Weapons: Constraining Its Future Nuclear Options
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Andrea Stricker, Christina Walrond, and Houston Wood
March 5, 2012
The Physics Research Center and Iran’s Parallel Military Nuclear Program
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Stricker
February 23, 2012
PHRC telex appendix February 23, 2012
No Obama Letter to Iran? January 20, 2012
Reality Check: Shorter and Shorter Timeframe if Iran Decides to Make Nuclear Weapons Rev.1
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Andrea Stricker and Andrew Ortendahl
January 18, 2012
Pakistani Man Sentenced to Prison in U.S. Export Violation Case January 11, 2012
2011
Burma’s Nuclear Aspirations: Less Reason Now for Concern - But Burma should sign the Additional Protocol and answer questions about its ties to North Korea
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
December 12, 2011
No Visible Evidence of Explosion at Esfahan Nuclear Site; Adjacent Facility Razed December 8, 2011
Rendering Useless South Africa’s Nuclear Test Shafts in the Kalahari Desert
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Zachary Laporte, Katherine Tajer, and Christina Walrond
November 30, 2011
Vyacheslav Danilenko – Background, Research, and Proliferation Concerns
Mark Gorwitz
November 29, 2011
Satellite Image Showing Damage from November 12, 2011 Blast at Military Base in Iran
Paul Brannan
November 28, 2011
Iran’s Ridiculous Distraction November 18, 2011
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Part II - Iran’s Work and Foreign Assistance on a Multipoint Initiation System for a Nuclear Weapon
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Mark Gorwitz and Andrea Stricker
November 14, 2011
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Part 1 IAEA Details Evidence of Nuclear Weaponization Activities in Violation of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty; Enrichment at Natanz Continues to Stagnate; Three Cascades of IR-1 Centrifuges Installed at Fordow, Low Enriched Uranium Cylinder Moved to Fordow
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond
November 8, 2011
Iran Nuclear Issue – Considerations for a Negotiated Outcome
John Carlson
November 4, 2011
Studies
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Course
- Publication Reviews
- Fissile Material Control
- Fukushima Nuclear Accident
- Global Stocks of Nuclear Explosive Material
- Illicit Trade
- Non Proliferation Conferences and Testimonies
- Nuclear Secrecy and Transparency
- Nuclear Terrorism
- Pakistan - India Comparisons
- Regional Safeguards
- Verifiable Dismantlement of North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program