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  • P5+1 Package Seeks Transparency in Iran
    Arms Control Today
    May 2, 2013

    The proposal that six world powers brought to negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program contains transparency elements that would require Tehran to address allegations of possible activities related to making a nuclear bomb, sources said.
  • Iran’s Nuclear Program and the Sanctions Siege
    Arms Control Today
    May 2, 2013

    Despite the considerable toll that sanctions have exacted on Iran’s economy, they have failed to achieve their proclaimed core objective of influencing Iranian behavior with regard to its nuclear program.
  • Panel Discussion “Time to Move from Tactics to Strategy on Iran”
    ACA Events
    April 5, 2013

    I’m very happy to help launch the latest publication of the Atlantic Council’s Iran Task Force.  I want to thank the Council for this report, as well as the “issue briefs” and panel discussions, which preceded it.
  • Amano Reports No Progress on Iran
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2013

    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has not made “any progress” in talks with Iran on clarifying Tehran’s responses to the agency’s concerns about the possible military dimensions of Iranian nuclear activities, IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano said last month.
  • Iran Installs Advanced Centrifuges
    Arms Control Today
    February 28, 2013

    Iran announced last month that it began installing advanced centrifuges at its production-scale uranium-enrichment plant at Natanz, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that the installation of 180 advanced centrifuges had begun.
  • P5+1 Revises Proposal Ahead of New Talks
    Arms Control Today
    February 28, 2013

    Six world powers revised their proposal for negotiating with Iran over its controversial nuclear program ahead of a new round of talks, which were scheduled to resume in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 26 after an eight-month hiatus.
  • TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: Iran Nuclear Talks - What Can Be Achieved in 2013?
    ACA Events
    February 26, 2013

    After an eight-month hiatus, the resumption of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group on February 26 in Almaty, Kazakhstan offers a critical opportunity to move toward a diplomatic solution to the long-running standoff over Tehran's sensitive nuclear activities.
  • "Solving the Iranian Nuclear Puzzle:" An ACA Briefing Book
    Press Room
    February 6, 2013

    (Washington, D.C.) As the United States and other international leaders continue to pursue a range of strategies to head-off the possibility of a nuclear-armed Iran, the non-partisan Arms Control Association has produced a comprehensive, entry-level guide to Iran's nuclear program and its capabilities, and the risks, benefits, and limitations of the available policy options.
  • Iran's Missile Program and Its Implications for U.S. Missile Defense
    Threat Assessment Brief
    January 30, 2013

    Although plans for expanding U.S. strategic missile defenses focus on the Iranian ICBM threat, that threat is not emerging as was previously predicted.  Iran conducted no long-range ballistic missile tests in 2012 and has not flown even the larger space launch vehicle that it displayed two years ago, which could have helped advance ICBM technology.  Moreover, Tehran has still not decided to build nuclear weapons and continues to focus on short- and medium-range rather than longer-range ballistic missiles.
  • Prospects for Iran-IAEA Deal Fluctuate
    Arms Control Today
    January 16, 2013

    The outlook now “is not bright” for promptly finalizing an agreement between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran to allow the agency to begin investigating key aspects of Iran’s nuclear program, IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano said Jan. 11.
  • History of Official Proposals on the Iranian Nuclear Issue
    Fact Sheets & Briefs
    January 9, 2013

    January 2013
  • Iran Nuclear Brief: Options for a Diplomatic Solution
    Threat Assessment Brief
    January 9, 2013

    Since President Barack Obama took office four years ago, diplomats from the P5+1 group of states (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany) and Iran have engaged in renewed but intermittent discussions aimed at resolving concerns about Iran's nuclear program. So far, however, the two sides have been unable to reach an agreement that would bridge the differences between the proposals that have been exchanged during the talks.
  • Obama Pledges Push to Resume Iran Talks
    Arms Control Today
    December 4, 2012

    President Barack Obama said last month that he would “try to make a push in the coming months” to resume talks with Iran over its controversial nuclear program, but did not specify when negotiations were likely to resume.
  • Iran Moves Forward on Nuclear Facilities
    Arms Control Today
    December 4, 2012

    Iran installed additional centrifuges in its underground uranium-enrichment facility at Fordow and increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to 20 percent, according to a Nov. 16 quarterly report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
  • Iran Nuclear Brief: The November 2012 IAEA Report on Iran and Its Implications
    Threat Assessment Brief
    November 25, 2012

    The new quarterly report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear program finds that Tehran has continued to install more centrifuges for uranium enrichment at its underground complex at Fordow, although the total number of operating centrifuges at Fordow has not yet increased, according to the Agency