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Iran’s Centrifuges and Bushehr

Mark Hibbs | Mar 14, 2014 | Relevancy Score: 97.74

…could contribute to a comprehensive agreement between the six powers and Iran. Let’s be clear that so far there’s no hard and fast deal for new Russian reactors in Iran,…

 

“Engage Iran” — What Does It Mean?

Mark Hibbs | Feb 07, 2012 | Relevancy Score: 94.25

…the war of words and deeds–Iran beginning uranium enrichment at Fordo, threats by Israelis to bomb targets in Iran, Iranian war games and threats to block the Strait of Hormuz…

 

Goldschmidt on Iran

Jeffrey Lewis | Feb 23, 2012 | Relevancy Score: 94.25

Pierre Goldschmidt imagines a fictional conversation with a senior Iranian official that presents in lively way the arguments in his excellent talk, The Iranian Nuclear Issue: Achieving a Win-Win Diplomatic…

 

The IR-40 and Diplomacy

Mark Hibbs | Oct 24, 2013 | Relevancy Score: 92.5

…assemblies. Because of sanctions, Iran can’t test the fuel abroad. What to do? In theory, Iran could rely on testing individual segments of the fuel in Iran. Given Iran’s current…

 

A Primer on Iran’s Medical Reactor Plans

Geoff Forden | Oct 04, 2009 | Relevancy Score: 87.27

A swimming pool-type reactor similar to the TRR in Iran whose fuel is apparently the subject of a deal between Iran and the P5+1. The eerie blue light is Cherenkov…

 

NIE on Iran's WMD Programs

Jeffrey Lewis | Mar 27, 2007 | Relevancy Score: 87.27

I reviewed Shahram Chubin’s Iran’s Nuclear Intentions for the journal Middle East Policy. In that review, I discussed the provenance of the 2005 NIE on Iran’s WMD programs. Chubin asserts…

 

Nooks and Crannies in Iran

Mark Hibbs | Jul 11, 2013 | Relevancy Score: 85.52

…(actually, a two-off mistake, since back in 2002 Iran’ had likewise failed to declare its Natanz plant). Were U.S.-Iran diplomacy to take off after Rouhani’s election, revelation that Iran was…

 

Iran, the NAM, and Amano

Mark Hibbs | Sep 21, 2010 | Relevancy Score: 83.78

…to begin. On Wednesday, Iran and vocal NAM states in the board launched an all-out assault on Amano’s latest IAEA report on Iran. Iran’s IAEA Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh began…

 

Iran & the Bomb 2: Iran's Missiles

Jeffrey Lewis | Jan 22, 2006 | Relevancy Score: 82.03

…weapon on a ballistic missile? The answer really depends on two things: The size of Iran’s missiles and the size of Iran’s warheads. Iran’s missiles aren’t that big, and its…

 

Guest Post – Always Be Casting: An Estimate of Iranian Solid Rocket Motor Production

Sam Lair | Sep 29, 2025 | Relevancy Score: 78.54

…interference, Iran would acquire 20,000 missiles that could reach Israel by 2031. Later, Yonah Jeremey Bob at The Jerusalem Post reported details of Israeli intelligence estimates of Iran’s missile production,…