Ahmad Vahidi

November 27, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

Iran hails ceasefire as an opportunity to rebuild Hezbollah

With Israel and Hamas having reached a ceasefire agreement, the rhetoric coming from Tehran is far from de-escalatory. Military and civilian officials within the Islamic Republic continue to underscore their commitment to rebuilding Hezbollah’s capabilities and have reiterated threats of launching a third phase of the “True Promise” operation against Israel.

April 25, 2024 | |

Iran Rebuffs Argentine Request for Extradition of Key Terrorist Mastermind

Tehran on April 24 rejected an Argentine request for the extradition of Iran’s interior minister for his alleged role in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in...

April 24, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran’s president in Sri Lanka, as Argentina seeks arrest of Iran’s interior minister

The AMIA suicide bombing occurred on 18 July 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and targeted the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, a Jewish Community Center.

January 30, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

Iranian reactions to the Islamic State’s suicide bombings in Kerman

On the anniversary of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Lt. General Qassaem Soleimani’s death on January 3rd, 2024, two explosions occurred in proximity of the Kerman Martyrs...

September 23, 2022 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Biden’s Iran Policy After the Protests

The recent wave of unrest is an opportunity to reset America’s approach to the Islamic Republic.

July 18, 2022 | Toby Dershowitz |

Iran Is Testing Us. So Far, We Are Failing

In February, a jet carrying Iran’s minister of the interior, Ahmad Vahidi, landed at Pakistan’s Nur Khan air base and he was not arrested. He should have been. Vahidi, and four other senior...

July 18, 2016 | Toby Dershowitz |

Obama Can’t Let Iran Get Away With Murder

The Obama administration has long said it will hold Iran accountable for acts of terrorism. It now has a chance to prove it:  Interpol red notices for five former Iranian officials found culpable in...

November 20, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Long War Continues

In many ways, the reaction to the horrific attacks in Paris has been familiar. There were the expressions of solidarity: flowers at French embassies; social media avatars changed from silly selfi...

January 28, 2015 | Clifford D. May |

Cry for Argentina

“When heads of state become gangsters, something has to be done.” Winston Churchill said that. It’s a proposition not many people nowadays endorse. Fewer still take it upon...

January 6, 2015 | Claudia Rosett The Tower |

How Iran and North Korea Became Cyber-Terror Buddies

In late November 2014, cyber-warfare burst into the American public consciousness when Sony Pictures Entertainment was the victim of a massive cyber-attack. Hackers leaked Sony’s corporate...

December 12, 2014 | |

North Korea and Iran: Partners in Cyber Warfare?

North Korea has denied any involvement in the massive hacking attack last month on Sony Pictures Entertainment, and absent evidence c...

January 27, 2014 | Toby Dershowitz FDD Policy Brief |

The 1994 Argentina Bombing Perpetrators: Where Are They Now?

One year ago today, on January 27, 2013, Argentina announced a memorandum of understanding with Iran for a “tr...

June 27, 2013 | Mark Dubowitz |

Terror and Foreign Policy

Co-authored by Douglas Farah Earlier this month, Alberto Nisman of Argentina, the special prosecutor responsible for investigating the Iranian-planned 1994 bombing of a Jewish c...

May 30, 2013 | |

New Report Reveals Iran’s Terror Network in Latin America

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC -- Argentina’s Prosecutor for the AMIA investigation Alberto Nisman released a ground-breaking report detailing Iran’s e...

May 28, 2013 | Jonathan Schanzer |

In Iran, Two Bombing Suspects Run for President

After disqualifying a number of presidential candidates from the June 14 elections, Iran's Guardian Council has pared the list down to eight. Remarkably, two of the remaining candidates --...

March 11, 2013 | |

The Iran-North Korea Axis of Proliferation

Both Iran and North Korea are subject to a growing stack of sanctions with which the United Nations, since 2006, has been...

February 6, 2013 | Lee Smith Tablet |

Iran To Investigate JCC Bombing

Why is Argentina letting Iran examine the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, a crime Hezbollah surely committed?

November 2, 2012 | Tony Badran NOW Lebanon |

Obama Runs From Iran

The Iranian challenge to US interests and allies is the most pressing strategic issue for Washington in the Middle East. With the US election less than a week away, now is as good a time as any t...

December 16, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Dismantling Iran’s Clerical Regime

Legislative devotion, including potent oil and bank sanctions, to stop Iran from creating a nuclear weapon device is largely exhibit A in US policy toward the jingoism of Tehran’s rulers....

October 12, 2011 | Emanuele Ottolenghi The Wall Street Journal |

When Tehran Attacks

Iran's secretive Qods Force is rogue, but no more so than the regime that directs its actions.