Ahmad Vahidi

January 19, 2025 | Ben Cohen, Toby Dershowitz

A Break in the Argentina Murder Case Tied to Iran

Ten years ago, on January 18, 2015, an Argentinian prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, was murdered for investigating the 1994 terrorist bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. That 1994 attack...

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...

September 30, 2021 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

The Sanctioned Cabinet of Ebrahim Raisi

July 11, 2019 | Benjamin N. Gedan, Toby Dershowitz

It’s time to hold Iran accountable for terrorism in Argentina

Excerpt Twenty five years ago this month, the world watched in horror as rescuers in Buenos Aires picked through the rubble of a Jewish community center, searching for survivors of a su...

February 15, 2019 | Toby Dershowitz, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Iran’s new anti-money-laundering law actually legalizes money laundering

An intergovernmental task force has blacklisted Iran over the latter's involvement in money laundering and illicit financial activities. Iran has attempte...

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...