Iran-Russia Laser Collaboration Discussed in Financial Times More likely for Laser Weaponry than Nuclear Weapons Development Several days ago, on November 19, 2025, the Financial Times published a report on a second visit by a team of Iranian scientists to Russia that was

Two sites covered in our comprehensive report on post-War activities at Iran’s nuclear and weaponization facilities show ongoing work, namely a tunnel entrance to the Esfahan mountain complex and tunnel facilities at Pickaxe Mountain.   Iran’s purpose for the ongoing work is

NEW: November 2025 Updated Analysis of Russian Shahed-type UAVs Deployment Against Ukraine Contrary to predictions by some experts and officials of a substantial increase in production and attacks using large numbers of Shahed-type drones in the fall, 5,447 Shahed-type drones

Certainly satellite imagery will never replace ground access. Unfortunately it does not look like Iran will let IAEA inspectors to the attacked sites any time soon. It also does not make sense to look at Natanz, Fordow and Esfahan in a vacuum. These sites have a reasonable chance

Salvaging Items from the Destroyed SPND Headquarters Satellite imagery in our comprehensive report on post-war Iranian nuclear and nuclear weaponization activities shows ongoing cleanup activities at the “new” SPND Headquarters on Fakhrizadeh Street in Tehran. SPND, which is

Hiding or reconstituting? Among the more worrisome activities we noted in our comprehensive assessment on current Iranian activities were notable cleanup, salvaging, and possible sanitization activities at select nuclear weaponization sites, including the Lavisan-2 (aka the

Five months after the strikes on Fordow, it still looks like Iran gave up on the site for the time being, indicating the Fordow enrichment halls were more damaged than many expected. Compared to other sites in our comprehensive assessment of the current status of Iran’s nuclear

State of Natanz Enrichment Site implies no imminent operation. We want to highlight findings from our comprehensive report on post-War activities at Iran’s nuclear and weaponization facilities, starting with the main Natanz enrichment site.👇 Satellite imagery taken over the

NEW IMAGERY REPORT: Five months after the 12 Day War’s conclusion, it is useful to take stock of the status of Iran's nuclear enrichment and nuclear weaponization sites that were attacked.  Are the sites being rebuilt, sanitized, or left as they were on the day they were bombed?

The November 20th IAEA board resolution on Iran mandates continuing quarterly reporting, in line with reporting prior to the JCPOA. In part, the resolution states: 1. Requests the Director General to report before each regular quarterly Board meeting on the implementation of

NEW:  Recent satellite imagery of Taleghan 2, a former nuclear weapons development site established under the AMAD Plan and destroyed by Israel in 2024, shows ongoing work and the presence of what appears to resemble a long, cylindrical chamber, maybe a high-explosives

We have been observing (and publishing about) construction at Iran’s Pickaxe Mtn since it began several years ago and are worried about recent claims by @CSIS and others that work has accelerated there. That claim is untrue. There is no recent ramping up of construction at

Igor Anokhin has just finished his update, “October 2025 Updated Analysis of Russian Shahed-type UAVsDeployment Against Ukraine,” which we will publish on Monday. I want to share his key findings for October Shahed attacks: - stabilization of the number of Shahed launches. -

In light of recent boasts by Russia about nuclear-armed torpedoes, I want to share this slide set about Operation Crossroads from a course we just taught, as part of our Leadership Development program, which clearly shows the dangerous effects of an underwater nuclear explosion.

Financial watchdog keeps Iran on blacklist citing insufficient cooperation

Satellite imagery taken by Maxar, now Vantor, and Airbus at the end of September and early October shows activity at the Esfahan tunnel entrances. As of September 26, the second of three entrances (the middle entrance) which was previously blocked by earth and rubble has been

🇨🇳NEW in-depth report on China’s plutonium production for nuclear weapons: While it remains unclear if China needs new plutonium, China does have the means to make more plutonium for nuclear weapons, a type of plutonium typically referred to as “weapon-grade.” We evaluated two

IMAGERY UPDATE: The ongoing construction activities at the Natanz “Pickaxe” mountain, or Mt Kolang Gaz-La, visible in satellite imagery over the last three months, are in line with activity at the site prior to the June war. As of September 2025, Iran’s visible activities point

NEW: September 2025 Analysis of Russian Shahed-type Drones Deployed Against Ukraine Key findings and charts 👇 - After a decline in the number of attacks in the first 20 days of August, the number of attacks increased in September (see Figure 1) and now stands at approximately