Iran Program
About
To address the threat posed by the Islamic Republic in Iran to America and its allies, FDD conducts detailed research, develops actionable and comprehensive policy options, and appears regularly in media. FDD’s Iran Program covers every angle of the Iran portfolio and includes some of Washington’s top experts on sanctions, illicit finance, nonproliferation, terrorism, human rights, and the regime’s domestic power apparatus.
FDD examines a range of issues include potential pathways to a nuclear weapon, ballistic missile program, support for terrorism and terrorist proxies, illicit financial activities, worldwide media operations, and domestic repression.
FDD’s Iran Program team is led by FDD Chief Executive Mark Dubowitz, who is widely recognized as one of the key influencers in shaping policies to counter the threats from the regime in Iran. FDD’s Iran Program includes fellows and analysts with a range of backgrounds, including intelligence, nuclear nonproliferation and verification, military, cyber, and Farsi language skills.
Experts
Mark Dubowitz
- Iran Sanctions
- Iran Human Rights
- Syria
- Iran Missiles
- Iran
- Iran Global Threat Network
- Hezbollah
- Iran-backed Terrorism
- Sanctions and Illicit Finance
- Cyber
- Iran Nuclear
Behnam Ben Taleblu
- Iran
- Iran Sanctions
- Iran Missiles
- Iran Human Rights
- Iran Politics and Economy
- Iran Global Threat Network
- Sanctions and Illicit Finance
Toby Dershowitz
Alireza Nader
Expert Testimony
FDD's Iran experts are regularly called to testify before Congress on a range of topics including the Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear weapons program, illicit finance issues, sanctions, and Iran-backed global threats.
Monographs
FDD's Iran team conducts detailed analysis on a range of the Islamic Republic's illicit activities.
Products
Iran’s Nuclear Extortion Continues
Insight
Iraqi election results confirm Iran’s unpopularity
Arab News
In His Second Term, Trudeau Must Fix His Iran Policy
Insight
What Iran Has Learned From Biden’s Afghanistan Debacle
Like other adversaries, it is more emboldened, willing to take more risks, and appear less restrained by the prospect of American military power.
The Dispatch
Iran Won’t Stop Until It Has a Nuclear Weapon
Khamenei and his regime haven’t gone to all this trouble merely to become a ‘threshold state.’
The Wall Street Journal
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor
CBS Audio Network
Is It Time To Treat Lebanon Like the Enemy It Is?
New York Sun
Nuclear deal: Tough talk aside, can Russia and China get Iran to the table?
Christian Science Monitor
'Moments when nations must use force': US and allies mull military options as Iran nuclear talks fade
Washington Examiner
Events
Bipartisan Approaches to Counter Human Rights Abuses by the Islamic Republic of Iran
May 7, 2021 |