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Iran nuclear deal

Russian and Iranian foreign ministers meet in Moscow

A Russian perspective on Iran’s final offer for a nuclear deal

By Adlan Margoev | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Less threats, more focus: What Biden needs to do to win an Iran nuclear deal

By Kimberly Peh, Soul Park | Nuclear Weapons

Will the EU diplomacy revive the Iran nuclear deal or keep spinning in a vacuum?

By Adérito Vicente | Nuclear Weapons

Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, welcomes Dr. Ali Bagheri Kani, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and his delegation upon their arrival at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 2 December 2021. Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA. (CC BY 2.0)

Iran’s nuclear potential can be cut, but not eliminated

By Jon B. Wolfsthal | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A 2016 Great Prophet wargame in southeastern Iran. Credit: Hossein Zohrevand for Tasnim News Agency. License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran nuclear deal negotiators must act with urgency, given Iranian and Israeli nuclear brinkmanship

By Gawdat Bahgat | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Uncategorized

Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, welcomes Dr. Ali Bagheri Kani, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and his delegation upon their arrival at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 2 December 2021. Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA. (CC BY 2.0)

Two steps to revive—and sustain—the Iran nuclear deal

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Iranian President Rouhani visiting the exhibition of nuclear achievements. Credit: Official website of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. https://president.ir/en/120598

Preventing an accidental nuclear crisis in Iran and beyond

By Samuel M. Hickey | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Arak IR-40 heavy water reactor, Iran. Credit: Nanking2012. CC BY-SA 3.0 Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

How Iran’s research reactors prove the nuclear deal is still working

By Samuel M. Hickey | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Rescue and clean-up crews search for casualties following the barracks bombing in Beirut on October 23, 1983. If negotiators hope to revive the Iran nuclear deal, they must address the billions of dollars’ worth of civil judgments by US victims of terrorism against Iran. Photo credit: United States Marine Corps. Public domain image.

US courts say Iran owes terrorism victims billions. That’s an obstacle to a new Iran nuclear deal.

By Christopher A. Bidwell | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Iranian President Rouhani in April visiting the exhibition of nuclear achievements. Credit: Official website of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. https://president.ir/en/120598.

Iran’s uranium gambit is a dangerous negotiating tactic

By Naysan Rafati | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Anti-aircraft guns guarding Natanz nuclear facility. Credit: Hamed Saber. Image accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Alleged sabotage at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility comes amid talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The ambassador of the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations, Wang Qun, speaks to journalists in front of the Grand Hotel after the closed-door nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna, where diplomats of the EU, China, Russia and Iran held their talks. The United States participates in discussions in Vienna to try to save the international agreement on Iranian nuclear power. However, they don't meet at the same table as Tehran and it is the Europeans who serve as intermediaries between the two parties. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Why a quick return to the Iran nuclear deal is needed to avoid a real nuclear crisis

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons