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Cover of Iranian newspaper

No, Iran didn’t exit the nuclear deal. And no, its nuclear announcement is not revenge for Soleimani.

By John Krzyzaniak | Nuclear Risk

Members of the press visit the Arak reactor.

Members of US Congress refuse to benefit from the Iran nuclear deal

By John Krzyzaniak | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.

New poll: Iranians are souring on the nuclear deal and don’t want a new one

By John Krzyzaniak | Nuclear Risk, What We’re Reading

Tehran US embassy painting

A Trump-Rouhani meeting: inevitable or inconceivable?

By John Krzyzaniak | Nuclear Risk, What We’re Reading

Three (now four) strikes mean Bolton should be out

By Alexandra Bell, James McKeon | Events, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

A nuclear power plant in Iran. Photo: Tasnim News Agency via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0. Cropped.

Can the Iran nuclear deal survive as the IAEA investigates Israeli allegations?

By Emma Scott, Ian J. Stewart | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, The Iranian problem

Sanctioning SWIFT

Not very SWIFT

By Aaron Arnold | Analysis, Special Topics

International anti-money laundering reforms and Iran

International anti-money laundering reforms and Iran

By Aaron Arnold | Analysis, Special Topics

IAEA safeguard inspectors (middle left and far right) with their Iranian counterparts at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant in 2014. New high-tech devices, such as online uranium enrichment monitors, could help to continuously monitor Iran’s activities around the clock. Photo courtesy of V. Fournier/IAEA.

Iran nuclear crisis II

By Kaveh L. Afrasiabi | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, The Iranian problem

Will anti-money laundering reform in Iran matter?

By Aaron Arnold | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

UN/IAEA inspectors examine suspect equipment in Iraq following the 1991 Gulf War. Photo Credit: IAEA Action Team

How the IAEA verifies if a country’s nuclear program is peaceful or not: The legal basis

By Laura Rockwood | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

President Trump signs an Executive Order on Iran sanctions on August 5, 2018.

Will Iran go nuclear over reimposed sanctions?

By Ezra Friedman | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Voices of Tomorrow