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April 9, 2015 Khamenei Breaks Silence over Nuclear Framework There is “nothing to congratulate,” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Thursday, breaking his silence over a nuclear framework... April 9, 2015 Iran Agreement: Tehran Gives the V-Sign If it is implemented, the preliminary framework for a deal over Iran's nuclear programme, agreed on last week in Lausanne, will be a great victory for the Islamic Republic and its aspiration... April 9, 2015 The Flexible-Fuel Solution Co-authored by Anne Korin Negotiators in Geneva appear to be sleepwalking into a Sunni–Shia nuclear arms race, so a bad neighborhood — as former Israeli prime... April 8, 2015 The Win-Win delusion “The West Capitulates.” That was the headline on an article by Ibrahim al-Amin, editor of the Lebanese daily al-Akbar. He elaborated: “Victors and vanquished. This is the... April 8, 2015 The Iranian Nuclear Threat and Greek-Israeli Relations Two items in the March 7 issue of The National Herald, an editorial, “Netanyahu’s Pyrrhic Victory” and an opinion piece, “A National Disgrace: Boehner Undermines the Presi... April 7, 2015 Sultan of Turkey: Erdogan’s Shameless Power Play Co-authored by Gabriel Mitchell A row erupted within Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on March 21, after the deputy prime minister brazenly condemned Pr... April 5, 2015 Iran’s Negotiating Triumph Over Obama and America President Obama believes that the nuclear “framework” concluded Friday in Switzerland is a historic achievement. Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, says he believes... April 3, 2015 Nonstop: Tehran to Sana’a Iran is delivering arms to Yemen using Pouya Air, an airline previously designated by the United States, according to an Israeli media... April 3, 2015 Despite Nuclear Deal, Can Iran be Trusted? After grueling negotiations in Switzerland that stretched on for more than a week — two days beyond the initial deadline — ... April 2, 2015 If a Palestinian Minister Falls and No One Is Around to Hear It… Big news stories are a dime a dozen these days. Between the Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the war in Yemen, it’s an ideal environment for making... April 1, 2015 Satrapy Fishing in the Yemen Three years ago, film-goers were treated to “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,” which critic Kenneth Turan called a “pleasant fantasy” about the Middle East. Today, of cou... April 1, 2015 Amid Nuclear Talks, Iran Forges Ahead with Middle East Power Play A March 31 deadline for a framework agreement in the nuclear talks has not yet brought an announcement of a deal, and any pact would be just a precursor to a final deal before a June 30 deadline.... March 31, 2015 Nuclear Deal with Jordan is Russia’s Latest Attempt to Woo U.S. Allies Russia’s state-run nuclear-energy company last week signed a $10-billion agreement to... March 30, 2015 Did the Islamic State Exaggerate Its Role in the Bardo Museum Attack? The Tunisian government’s investigation of the devastating March 18 Bardo museum attack in Tunis yielded a surprising result. While the Islamic State (IS) quickly... March 30, 2015 Doomsday: Stopping a Middle East Nuclear Arms Race Imagine the imposition of financial sanctions on the central bank of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—the only Arab member of the G20 group of major economies. To this, add biting multinational... March 30, 2015 Analysis: To confront Iran’s jingoism and domestic repression, change its regime The self-immolation death of an Iranian Arab last week in the province of Khuzestan offers a window onto the court of a neglected alternative to an Iran on the brink of nuclear weapons breakout:... March 30, 2015 What else is Iran hiding? We don’t know all that has transpired in the talks on Iran’s nuclear program being conducted in Switzerland, but we do know that the White House has shied away... March 27, 2015 A Fruit Vendor’s Self-Immolation and the Neglect of Arab-Iranians Tragedy struck Iran’s Arab-majority province of Khuzestan on Sunday as a fruit vendor died af... March 27, 2015 Saudi Arabia Tries to Flip Sudan Sudanese President and internationally wanted man Omar al-Bashir landed in Riyadh on Wednesday to kick off his first official vis... March 27, 2015 Obama’s Iran Policy Is Lost at Sea American negotiators and their cohorts are trying to close a deal that would let Iran keep its nuclear program, subject to intricate conditions of monitoring and enforcement. Yet how is a deal li... March 27, 2015 Dealing with Iran: Get It in Writing On March 25th, the New York Times ... March 26, 2015 Iran sanctions relief sparks growing trade with Europe, Asia The Obama administration insists that the November 2013 interim nuclear deal with Iran provides only “... March 26, 2015 Why ‘Operation Decisive Resolve’ is the ultimate setback for Iran Today’s Saudi-led international military intervention in Yemen, Operation Decisive Storm, is a decided setback for Iran’s regional ambitions. Officials in Tehran had been gloating abo... March 26, 2015 Fait Pas Accompli How bad is the nuclear deal the Obama administration is negotiating with Iran? The American public would not know the answer, had it not been for the speech tha... March 25, 2015 Iran Shipping Weapons Across Middle East Reports surfaced last Friday about the arrival o... March 25, 2015 Unanswered Questions Surrounding Tehran-Pyongyang Cooperation With the deadline for nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group drawing near, unanswered questions about the nature of the relationship between Tehran and Pyongyang are taking on new s... March 25, 2015 What Netanyahu didn’t say What is it about Israel in general and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in particular that leads to so much careless reporting and tendentious commentary? Start with The New York Times,... March 25, 2015 Still Needed: Regime Change in Iran In December 2010, a Tunisian fruit-stand vendor set himself ablaze to protest the arbitrary closure of his business. Mohamed Bouazizi’s suicide sparked an upheaval in Tunisia that... March 25, 2015 The Sanctions on Iran Are Already Falling Apart The Obama administration insists that the November 2013 interim nuclear deal with Iran gave Tehran’s economy only limited sanctions relief and that it can respond to Iranian misbe... March 24, 2015 New FDD Report Provides In-Depth Analysis of Iranian Leaders Engaged in Nuclear Talks Read full report here WASHINGTON – A new monograph released to... March 24, 2015 Persian Truths and American Self-Deception Download full report here “Persian Truths & Ameri... March 24, 2015 Lesson Of An Iran Sanctions Saga In Seoul SEOUL — If international sanctions on Iran are lifted pronto — a condition Iran is demanding as part of any nuclear deal — how hard might it be to reimpose them, in the likely e... March 21, 2015 Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Splits in Two Jordan’s seven-decade-old Muslim Brotherhood wing disbanded this week, leaving behind a... March 20, 2015 Produce the Fatwa In his annual statement marking the Persian new year, President Obama said he beli... March 19, 2015 Oil Prices Cripple Iraq’s ISIS War Co-authored by Daniel R. DePetris Iraq had a miserable 2014. The Islamic State (IS) reentered the country in large numbers early in the year, routing the Iraqi security forces i... March 18, 2015 La FDD lanza el sitio AlbertoNisman.org para alojar documentos clave e información actualizada sobre WASHINGTON, 18 de marzo de 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- La Foundation for Defense of Democracies (Fundación para la Defensa de las Democracias) lanzó hoy AlbertoNisman.org, un... March 18, 2015 FDD Launches AlbertoNisman.org to House Key Documents and Updated Information Washington, DC -- The Foundation for Defense of Democracies today launched AlbertoNisman.org, a resource for government officials, the diplomatic corps, pol... March 18, 2015 Kerry’s Remarks on Assad Widen Gap Between U.S. and Turkey “Collapse of U.S. policy in Syria as Assad continues massacres,” thundered the... March 18, 2015 A Farewell to Arms Control Treaties The philosopher Lily Tomlin used to say: “No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.” Has that ever been truer than it is in Washington right now? Last week,... March 18, 2015 The Hawks’ Case Against Netanyahu The defining moment in Benjamin Netanyahu’s career as international statesman came on Sept. 27, 2012, when the Israeli prime minister addressed the United Nations on the subject of Ira... March 18, 2015 Why the Media Always Gets Israeli Elections Wrong The era of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [is] coming to an end,” read one ... March 17, 2015 The Islamic State’s African Long Con In the long run, Boko Haram’s decision to pledge its allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) — and the IS’s subsequent ... March 17, 2015 Turkey’s Secret Proxy War in Libya? Libya’s internationally recognized Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni accused... March 16, 2015 Are Iran’s Broken Human Rights Promises a Sign of Failure for Nuclear Deal? President Hassan Rouhani has not delivered on his pledge to loosen the vice on personal freedoms in Iran’s largely closed society. Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the United Nations speci... March 16, 2015 A House Undivided: Israel’s New Consensus Politics Israelis go to the polls on March 17, and in a time-honored tradition, international pundits are hopin... March 16, 2015 Obama’s Security Council Gambit Co-authored by Lee A. Casey The recent open letter by 47 Republican Senators, putting Iran on notice that the US Constitution fundamentally limits the President’s ability... March 14, 2015 Bold Plans at Egypt’s Economic Summit, But Challenges Linger Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has a flair for dramatic gestures. In his nine months in office, the Egyptian president has challenged the state’s... March 13, 2015 Forget the Knesset. I’ll See You at The Hague. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas holds no illusions regarding next week’s general election in Israel. He knows that in an election cycle preoccupied wi... March 12, 2015 Erdoğan Consolidates Presidential Power Turkey’s president has significantly less power than the prime minister, according to the country’s constitution. But when Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his candi... March 12, 2015 Iran is Exporting its Islamic Revolution into Syria, Iraq and Yemen Just as it Did in Lebanon At a rally last month on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani gloated: “We are witnessin...

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