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June 30, 2022

This month’s newsletter features an update to a timeline tracking
milestones in Iran’s missile program as well as an update to the table
detailing Iran’s centrifuge models and status. New entries to the missile
timeline include the unveiling of a new solid-fueled ballistic missile as
well as a March 2022 ballistic missile attack against a compound outside of
Erbil, Iraq. The centrifuge table reflects data from the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The newsletter also features profiles of entities involved in a
drone-related procurement network, as well as news about Iran’s removal of
monitoring equipment at key nuclear sites, the second sub-orbital test
launch of the Zuljanah space launch vehicle, and the resumption of indirect
talks in Qatar aimed at restoring the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
(JCPOA). Documents from the Iran Watch library include official statements
relating to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seizure of a Greek
vessel in the Persian Gulf, the IAEA’s monitoring and verification reports,
and recent U.S. sanctions announcements.

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Iran's newest missile, the Kheibar Shekan. Source: Wikimedia Commons. CC
BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline | [5]Iran Missile Milestones: 1985-2022

Since July 2021, Iran has conducted a military exercise involving
coordinated ballistic missile and drone strikes against a single target,
revealed a new solid rocket motor for space launch vehicles, unveiled a
solid-fueled missile called the Kheibar Shekan, and launched a ballistic
missile attack against what it claimed was a secret Israeli base near
Erbil, Iraq.

[6]READ THE FULL TIMELINE

Table | [7]Iran's Centrifuges: Models and Status

Iran possesses thousands of gas centrifuges that it uses to enrich the
uranium needed for nuclear fuel. This table sets out the capacity and
primary materials of each of Iran’s currently-deployed centrifuge models.
Using data from the latest IAEA reports, it also describes the quantity and
types of centrifuges installed and/or enriching uranium at Iran’s declared
enrichment sites at Fordow and Natanz. Since the last update in March, Iran
has placed one additional IR-1 cascade in production mode in Natanz and has
taken one cascade each of the IR-4 (in Natanz) and IR-6 (in Fordow)
temporarily out of production mode, possibly to facilitate the ongoing
installation of additional cascades.

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ENTITIES OF CONCERN

From 2017 to 2018, an Iranian procurement network [9]attempted to export
sensitive counter-drone technology from the United States to Iran.

[10]Jalal Rohollahnejad

Indicted in the United States in 2018 for allegedly conspiring to export an
industrial microwave system and counter-drone system from the United States
to Iran via the United Arab Emirates; reportedly has worked with the
[11]Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) on research projects;
procurement agent for Rayan Roshd Afzar Company.

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[13]Rayan Roshd Afzar

Supplies Chinese-origin components to the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and
aerospace programs of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

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[15]Wuhan IRCEN Technology Co., Ltd.

A China-based technology research and development company; has procured
goods on behalf of Rayan Roshd Afzar Company.

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IN THE NEWS

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IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and AEOI chief Mohammad Eslami
speaking at a press conference in Tehran in September 2021. Source: Tasnim
News.

[18]Iran, U.S. Nuclear-Deal Talks End Without Progress | Wall Street
Journal

June 29, 2022: A round of indirect negotiations between Iran and the United
States in Doha, Qatar aimed at restoring the 2015 nuclear deal ended on
June 29 without any significant progress. The talks, which lasted two days
and were mediated by EU official Enrique Mora, were the first since
multilateral discussions in Vienna stalled in mid-March. There was no date
set for the next round of negotiations.

[19]Iran Launches Rocket into Space As Nuclear Talks to Resume | Associated
Press

June 26, 2022: On June 26, Iran's state media announced that the country
launched a solid-fueled Zuljanah space launch vehicle (SLV). Satellite
imagery indicated that Iran had been preparing a launch at Imam Khomeini
Spaceport in Semnan Province. The Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed
Forces Logistics (MODAFL) said that the Zuljanah is capable of carrying a
220-kilogram satellite into low-earth orbit.

[20]Iran Pulls U.N. Nuke Cameras in Possible “Fatal Blow” to Deal |
Associated Press

June 10, 2022: On June 8, the board of governors of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) censured Iran because the country has not
offered a credible explanation for the presence of nuclear material at
three sites that Iran had not declared to the IAEA. Rafael Mariano Grossi,
the director-general of the IAEA, announced a day later that Iran had begun
to remove 27 cameras that the IAEA uses to monitor nuclear sites, including
the Arak heavy water reactor, the Natanz enrichment facility, and other
locations in Isfahan and Tehran; Iran had already indicated on June 8 that
it shut down two IAEA monitoring devices in Natanz. Grossi said that, after
the anticipated removals, about 40 IAEA cameras would remain active in
Iran. On June 9, the Agency also reported that Iran intended to add two
more cascades of advanced IR-6 centrifuges at Natanz, following the
in-progress installation of a previously planned IR-6 cascade there.

FROM THE LIBRARY

On May 27, the IRGC Navy [21]detained two Greek-flagged oil tankers in the
Persian Gulf. Earlier, an Iranian-flagged oil tanker had been stopped by
Greek authorities in the Aegean Sea and had its cargo seized.
* Iran’s official news outlet [22]claimed the Greek oil tankers had
violated the country’s naval regulations - May 28
* U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken [23]condemned the seizure and
called for the immediate release of the vessels, their cargoes, and their
crews - May 30
* The European Union [24]expressed “strong concern” about the incident -
May 29

The IAEA issued two new reports on Iran’s [25]compliance with the JCPOA and
with its [26]NPT safeguards commitments ahead of the June IAEA Board of
Governors meeting.
* In its [27]report on NPT safeguards compliance, the Agency found that
“Iran has not provided explanations that are technically credible” related
to nuclear material found at three undeclared sites - May 30
* In its [28]verification and monitoring report, the IAEA estimated that
Iran had stockpiled 43.1 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 60% purity -
May 30
* U.S. officials [29]indicated that the United States would seek a formal
resolution rebuking Iran for its lack of cooperation with the IAEA - June 2
* The [30]resolution was adopted with 30 of 35 member states voting in
favor and only Russia and China voting against - June 8

The U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions on an IRGC Qods Force
(IRGC-QF) oil smuggling network as well as a sanctions evasion network of
Iranian petrochemical producers and their international brokers.
* According to the Treasury Department, the [31]oil smuggling network is
led by U.S.-designated IRGC-QF official Behnam Shahriyari and former
IRGC-QF official Rostam Ghasemi and backed by the Russian government - May
25
* The [32]other set of designations targets front companies in China and
the United Arab Emirates that support Triliance Petrochemical Co. Ltd. and
Iran’s Petrochemical Commercial Company - June 16

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