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Iran

What a second Trump administration may mean for the Saudi nuclear program

By Nour Eid | Nuclear Risk, Voices of Tomorrow

The nuclear year in review: Welcome to the antechamber of the next nuclear crisis

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

ranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a visit to the shrine of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on July 6, 2024. Pezeshkian, who advocates improved ties with the West, on July 6 won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, the interior ministry said. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s chance for a major breakthrough in Iran-West relations

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Vector illustration of Trump silhouette against missile pattern background

What to expect from Trump’s second term: more erratic, darker, and more dangerous

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Risk

Members of Israel's Home Front Command and police forces inspect a crater left by an exploded projectile at a heavily-damaged school building in Israel's southern city of Gedera on October 1, 2024, after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel in response to the killings of Lebanese Hezbollah leader Nasrallah and other Iran-backed militants. Reports said Iran fired between 150 and 200 missiles in the attack, the country's second on Israel after a missile and drone attack in April in response to a deadly Israeli air strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Carnegie nuclear expert James Acton explains why it would be counterproductive for Israel to attack Iran’s nuclear program

By John Mecklin | Interviews, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A wargame suggests how a war between Israel and Iran might go nuclear

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Weapons

Iran vs. Israel redux: The enormous difficulties and ramifications if Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear sites

By Darya Dolzikova, Matthew Savill | Nuclear Weapons

Question for the candidates: What will you do if Iran gets the bomb?

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Weapons

Question for the candidates: Do you agree with other world leaders that the use of—or threat to use—nuclear weapons is “inadmissible”?

By Daryl G. Kimball | Nuclear Weapons

Biden focused on strategic stability. His successor should embrace arms control

By Stephen J. Cimbala, Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Weapons

A majority of Iranians now favor possessing nuclear weapons. Their leaders take note.

By Peyman Asadzade | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Why Iran may accelerate its nuclear program, and Israel may be tempted to attack it

By Darya Dolzikova, Matthew Savill | Nuclear Weapons