TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CITES NUCLEAR CONCERNS AS REASON FOR WAR IN IRAN On February 28, in the midst of diplomatic negotiations on Iran’s nuclear weapons program, the United States and Israel carried out a coordinated military operation against Iran. The Trump administration cited anxiety over Iran’s nuclear weapons program as one of the confusing and sometimes contradictory justifications […]
Why Did the United States Lift Sanctions on Assad’s Chemical Weapons Scientists?
Greg Koblentz, member of the Center’s Scientists Working Group on Biological and Chemical Security, co-authored a piece in War on the Rocks about the U.S. sanctions on Syrian chemical weapons scientists being lifted. On June 30, 2025, as part of the process of normalizing relations with Damascus following the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, […]
Iran’s Stockpile of Highly Enriched Uranium: Worth Bargaining For?
By Robert Goldston, Guest Contributor and Member of the Council for a Livable World Board On March 15, 2026, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Margaret Brennan of CBS Face the Nation, “I offered actually that we are ready to dilute those enriched material, or down-blend them, as they say, into lower percentage. So that […]
Trump’s Claim About the Obama Nuclear Deal and Iran’s Nuclear Development
Program Coordinator Emma Sandifer was quoted by FactCheck.org on President Trump’s claims about Iran’s nuclear program. As we’ve explained, it would take more time to actually develop a nuclear weapon. “After this point, once you have the weapons-grade uranium, Iran would then need to manufacture the rest of the weapon. This process would likely take much longer, perhaps […]
More Than 100 School Children Were Killed in Iran. Evidence Points to a U.S. Missile Strike
John Gilbert, Senior Science Fellow of the Center’s Scientists Working Group on Biological and Chemical Security, spoke with Time about the missile strike on an Iranian primary school. “The video taken on February 28, 2026, conclusively shows a Tomahawk cruise missile diving almost vertically into the area of the medical clinic adjacent to an IRGC facility. […]
