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Institute for Science and International Security By clicking 'Allow All', you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation and analyze site usage. Learn MoreAllow All Home 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, O… truncated (47,424 more characters in archive)