Iran nuclear program

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Dismantle, weaponize, or rebuild: Why the Iran nuclear threat isn’t going away

By Sina Azodi | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

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The next Iran strike: How legal, economic, and diplomatic pressures are priming the region for war

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

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Closing the loop on Bushehr’s plutonium problem

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

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Why do we keep ignoring the large quantity of plutonium at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant?

By Gregory Jones | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Iranian flags wave in front of a nuclear power plant complex with a dome-shaped reactor building and a tall red-and-white smokestack in the background.

Beyond alarmism: A realistic assessment of Bushehr’s plutonium risk

By Sasan Karimi | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

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Missing from US-Iran talks: plutonium for more than 200 nuclear bombs

By Henry Sokolski | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

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Revisionism at Fordow: Why the WSJ is wrong about the history—and future—of Iran’s nuclear program

By Richard Nephew | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

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Trump may send US troops to neutralize Iran’s highly enriched uranium. There are no good options

By François Diaz-Maurin | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

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With Khamenei dead, Crown Prince Pahlavi could be Iran’s next leader. What would it mean for nuclear security?

By Vesal Razavimaleki, Matt Caplan | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

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President Trump just started a dangerous, pointless war against Iran

By Joe Cirincione | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

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Israel and the US strike Iran. It is a tragedy of Tehran’s own making

By Nicole Grajewski | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

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Give negotiations a chance: How to turn Iran’s claimed right to enrich uranium into a new deal—and avoid a war

By Mark Goodman | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons