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The Iran nuclear deal
How the JCPOA came together and fell apart, and where Iran’s nuclear program stands now.
Making the deal 12
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The Deal
Now that a few episodes have dropped, Anne and Jeffrey talk about Jeffrey’s new project, The Deal. Jeffrey chronicles how researchers like…
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On Fabius and the Iran Deal
Former French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has written an article for The Washington Quarterly that dishes some of the dirt about negotiations…
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Sanctions and the Iran Deal
Sanctions relief is a super important part of the Iran deal. It can also be kind of boring. We know boring. We…
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We have a deal!
After months of negotiations, the EU3+3 and Iran have signed a nuclear agreement. Jeffrey was so excited he got up at 3:30…
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535 Secretaries of State
A bill to have both Houses of Congress vote on any deal between Iran and the E3/EU+3 to limit Tehran’s nuclear program…
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The Framework Nuclear Agreement with Iran
We have a deal! Or, at least, a “framework” agreement between Iran and the E3/EU+3. Whether the negotiators can hammer out the…
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Iran Talks Have Become a Coughing Goat Rodeo
With negotiations between Iran and the E3/EU+3 coming down to the wire, Aaron and Jeffrey talk about the circus surrounding the talks…
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The Redline: Iran and the January Deadline
7 months! Really? 7 Months! Is it over? After the recent extension of the JPOA, Jeffrey and Aaron felt it necessary to…
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Negotiating with Tehran
After sitting poolside for two weeks, Arms Control Wonk podcast co-host Aaron Stein returns to talk with Jeffrey and Shashank Joshi about…
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Concerns about Iran’s Nuclear Program in the Gulf
What are the regional perceptions of Iran’s nuclear program? Are the Gulf States obsessed with breakout times and the Arak reactor, or…
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Full Frontal? Verifying a Nuclear Deal with Iran
Aaron took a long weekend in Istanbul, but Jeffrey and Karl were hard at work! Jeffrey talks to Christopher Bidwell, a senior…
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Podcast: Iran and the JPOA
Can the West verify a deal with Iran over its nuclear program? Jeffrey and Aaron discuss Ken Pollack’s oped in the New York Times…
Trump and the deal 7
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Iran’s Fifth Step
The ACW crew discusses the JCPOA…again. Iran has announced its 5th step away from the JCPOA. The trio discusses what that means,…
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Iran’s Four Steps
Iranian President Hasan Rouhani has announce yet another “step” away from the JCPOA, the fourth this year. As Iran resumes feeding UF6 into some…
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JCPO-eh? Iran, the EU, and the US
Andrea discusses friction between Europe and the United States over the Iran nuclear deal with Justine Walker, Director of Sanctions at UK Finance.…
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Decertification Day
Donald Trump announced a new “strategy” — loosely defined — for confronting Iran. Trump also will refuse to certify that Iran is…
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Scuttling Der Weinerplan
Donald Trump told the United Nations that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (aka the Iran nuclear deal aka the Vienna Plan…
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Iranian Space Launch and the JCPOA
Amidst all the hoopla surrounding North Korea’s ICBM, Iran launched a Simorgh, a rocket designed to put a satellite into space. Aaron…
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Reviewing that Iran Deal
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced the the Trump Administration is conducting a comprehensive review of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,…
After the deal 7
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MOU 404
The US-Iran MOU is humiliating, it was signed at Versailles, and its still not on any government website. In fact, if you…
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Iran’s Pathway to the Bomb
Aaron and Jeffrey finally deconflict their schedules to talk about the outcome of the Israeli-Iranian war, Iran’s pathway back to the bomb,…
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Don’t Say JCPOA
The Trump administration appears to be willing to return to the JCPOA, so long as you do not call it the JCPOA.…
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Iran’s Once in a Lifetime Moment
And you may find yourself not complying with the IAEA And you may find yourself in a war in another part of…
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The Last Days of the JCPOA
As the President visited various states in the Middle East, Jeffrey and Aaron sat down to eulogize the JCPOA renegotiation attempts as…
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Wasted Opportunities with the JCPOA
Bad news abounds for Iranian and US returns to JCPOA compliance. Aaron and Jeffrey talk through the frustration around breakout time requirements,…
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Making the Easy Stuff Hard: Re-joining the JCPOA
Biden campaigned on rejoining the JCPOA, but some of that enthusiasm has dried up since he took office. Aaron and Jeffrey debate…
Secret sites, archives and inspectors 8
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Iran, the IAEA, and the Kingdom
The IAEA is doing a great job with the s**t we’re handing them. A very jetlagged Jeffrey joins Aaron to talk about…
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New Year, New START, New Facilities in Iran
At the end of this awful year, Jeffry and Aaron talk about the future of arms control, the future of analytics, and…
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The Deal Episode 1: The Revelation
In 2002, Corey Hinderstein, a young research analyst, follows a hunch after a routine press conference in Washington, D.C. The results of…
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The IAEA’s questions for Iran
The International Atomic Energy Agency has questions about three sites in Iran — but Iran doesn’t feel like answering. Aaron, Anne and…
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Abadeh
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking just days before an election, revealed an alleged new nuclear site in Iran, dubbed Abadeh. On…
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Iran and (more) Nuclear Archive
A nuclear archive. JCPOA news. B-52 bomber task forces. A naval armada. And Scuds on ships. What could go wrong? To break…
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Netanyahu and the Atomic Archive
Bibi showed off Iran’s bomb. And its pretty crappy. The slide show added some titillating details to what the world already knew…
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Parchin Puzzle
The IAEA has completed its managed access to Iran’s Parchin site, which reportedly included the taking of samples and images. The process…