Ali Akbar Velayati

October 4, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Russia-Iran ties are gaining strength

Tehran and Moscow bolstering ties should be a security concern.

October 12, 2023 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Iran wanted Saudi Arabia to drop Israel — but failed miserably

At first glance, Thursday’s first-ever phone call between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi might suggest the two predominantly Muslim nations...

June 1, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Hamas as Tehran’s Agent

Since the late 1980s, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been plying the Hamas terrorist group with cash and weapons while also teaching it how to be self-sufficient. With hundreds of millions of dollars...

November 12, 2019 | Toby Dershowitz |

Erdogan to visit White House after welcoming Iranian terrorist to Turkey

President Donald Trump will host Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House tomorrow; the timing of Erdogan’s visit is awkward because his government just hosted an Iranian official implicated...

November 5, 2019 | Tzvi Kahn |

U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Officials Tied to Iran’s Supreme Leader

The United States on Monday sanctioned Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS) and nine individuals responsible for implementing the extremist policies – both at home and abroad – of Iran’s supreme...

May 22, 2018 | Romany Shaker |

Iranian General Soleimani in Iraq as Post-Election Government Formation Talks Begin

Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani visited Baghdad las...

December 11, 2017 | Mark Dubowitz, Toby Dershowitz

Iranian Terror. Argentinian Cover Up. Justice at Last?

One morning last week, Argentines woke up to a political earthquake: A judge...

August 31, 2017 | Olli Heinonen |

Verifying Section T of the Iran Nuclear Deal

FDD Research Memo

June 19, 2017 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Senate Bill Addresses Flaws in Iran Nuclear Deal

Late last week, the U.S. Senate passed a bill containing new sanctions against Iran. Entitled the “Countering...

March 2, 2017 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Mohsen Qomi: A Revolutionary Diplomat on the Rise

FDD Research

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...

July 6, 2016 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Iran Stirs Up More Trouble in the Gulf

Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ external operations wing the Quds Force, ...

August 3, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Business As Usual: Austria to Sell Iran Cranes for Possible Use in Hangings

BERLIN – Traditionally, Austrian governments have been the least critical of the Islamic Republic’s human rights violations. Now, Austria’s government plans to rekindle a busine...

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 12, 2015 | Tony Badran |

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...

January 27, 2015 | FDD Policy Brief |

Lynch and Nisman: Connecting the Dots Between Two Iranian Plots

The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin confirmation hearings on January 28 for Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, to become attorney general of the United State...

January 27, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Is Germany Ignoring the Lessons of the Holocaust?

Berlin - German politicians and world leaders marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Tuesday with didactic warnings about preserving the memory of the Holocaust. ...

January 19, 2015 | Tony Badran Now Lebanon

US policy hostage to the hostage-takers

Iran's troubling official statements and actions should serve as a warning to Obama

December 4, 2014 | FDD Policy Brief

Blowback in Sana’a

A car bomb exploded early Wednesday morning outside the Iranian ambassador&rsq...

November 28, 2014 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Extending Extensions

Predictably, President Barack Obama and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei have decided to extend again the Joint Plan of Action, the interim nuclear deal they concluded in November 2013. Unlike...