Raphael Ofek
ARTICLES BY: Raphael Ofek
Where Is Iran’s Nuclear Program Going?
From the earliest days of the Iranian military nuclear program, it was directed primarily at Israel, which the revolutionary regime in Tehran deems an archenemy...
Signs Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program Never Halted
JNS.org - Samples collected by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at two Iranian sites where Tehran has not reported any nuclear activity showed traces...
Whither the Iran Nuclear Deal?
In an interview with Reuters on December 17, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi expressed disapproved of President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to return to the JCPOA...
The Consequences of Fakhrizadeh’s Killing
The assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on November 27, 2020 caps off one of the Iranian regime’s most difficult years: On January 3, Qassem Soleimani was...
The Iranian Nuclear Program as a Catalyst for the Israel-UAE Peace Agreement
Following the Khomeini revolution in 1979, nuclear weapons development became Iran’s flagship project. This effort was initially intended to create a balance of terror vis-à-vis...
Was Iranian Uranium Enrichment Plant at Natanz Sabotaged?
Both Israel and the US have a clear interest in halting Iran’s dogged quest for a nuclear bomb, and both likely possess technological and intelligence...
The Mysterious Explosions at Iran’s Nuclear Facilities
Early in the morning of June 26, Tehran was rocked by a huge explosion at the Parchin military complex, 30 kilometers southeast of the Iranian...
Iran’s Uranium Enrichment Program Continues Unabated
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General issued a report on June 5 that is worded to deflate Iran’s renunciation of its signing of the...
Iran’s Nuclear and Military Efforts Continue Amid Coronavirus
In July 2019, Iran began to explicitly violate the July 2015 nuclear agreement. The recent IAEA report (March 3, 2020) addressed the following breaches by...
What Will Soleimani’s Death Mean for Iran’s Nuclear Program?
In July 2019, Iran began to violate the nuclear deal in a number of ways in order to pressure the EU to neutralize the effect...
Will Iran Withdraw From the 2015 Nuclear Agreement?
No sooner had Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced, on November 5, Iran’s renewal of uranium enrichment than the IAEA reported that a cylinder containing some...
What the Smuggled Archive Tells Us About Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Project
On July 7, 2019, Iran announced that in light of Western countries’ reluctance to support it against newly imposed US sanctions, it will enrich uranium...
If Iran Breaks the Nuclear Deal, It Could Be Very Close to the Nuclear Threshold
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano confirmed on June 10 that Iran is realizing its threat to increase its rate of uranium enrichment, in direct defiance...
The IAEA Is Impotent on Iran
Notwithstanding the US withdrawal from the JCPOA nuclear deal with Iran, and the restoration of sanctions on Tehran, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed...
