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Nuclear Weapons

Recent Developments:

Iran's Nuclear Weapons Capability and Terrorism Monitoring Act of 2022, Report to Congress from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, June 2023

Sources and Resources

• Verification and Monitoring in the Islamic Republic of Iran in light of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015), Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors, 16 January 2016.
• Iranian Nuclear Science Bibliography: Open Literature References by Mark Gorwitz, September 2009
• Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council Resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008) and 1835 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 19 February 2009.
• Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 22 February 2007.
• Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 31 August 2006.
• Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 8 June 2006.
• Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 28 April 2006.
• Communication received from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the IAEA, 2 February 2006
• Developments in the Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran and Agency Verification of Iran's Suspension of Enrichment-related and Reprocessing Activities Update Brief by the IAEA Deputy Director General for Safeguards, 31 January 2006
• Iran's Statement at IAEA Emergency Meeting, Mehr News Agency, August 10, 2005
• Statement of IAEA Deputy Director for Safeguards (DDG-SG) Goldschmidt on Implementation of Safeguards in the Islamic Republic of Iran, June 16, 2005
• Russian TV Shows Plant Producing Fuel for Iran's Bushehr, FBIS, April 4, 2005
• Iranian President Visits Uranium Conversion Facility of Esfahan, Iranian Students News Agency, March 30, 2005
• Tehran TV Shows Khatami Visiting Natanz Nuclear Facility, Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran Network 1, March 30, 2005
• News Agency, Blogger Post Photos of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, February 2005 (PowerPoint file, 2.4 MB)
• News Agency Posts Photos of Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, November 2004 (PowerPoint file, 8.7 MB)
• News Agency Posts Photos of Arak Heavy Water Facility, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, October 2004 (PowerPoint file, 2.3 MB)
• Iran's Nuclear Programme: A Collection of Documents Presented to Parliament (UK) by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by Command of Her Majesty, January 2005 (1.8 MB PDF file)
• National Security to Nationalist Myth: Why Iran Wants Nuclear Weapons by Charles C. Mayer, Naval Postgraduate School Master's Thesis, September 2004
• Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Resolution adopted by the Board on 29 November 2004.
• Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, November 2004.
• IAEA Resolution on Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, June 18, 2004.
• Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, June 2004.
• Iran: Two Experts Arrested for Transferring Classified Nuclear Information, Ya Lesarat ol-Hoseyn, April 21, 2004. "Informed sources have reported the arrest of two persons suspected of transferring classified information about Iran's nuclear industry abroad."
• Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, February 2004.
• Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, November 2003. [MS Word Version]
• Implementation of the NPT safeguards agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, June 2003.