Ali Alfoneh

October 9, 2015 | Ali Alfoneh |

Ben Carson says Mahmoud Abbas, Ali Khamenei, Vladimir Putin knew each other in 1968 Moscow

It sounds like the opening to a joke: A young Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk into a Soviet-era Moscow university &...

August 12, 2015 | |

The IRGC’s Ambivalent Response to the Nuclear Deal

With all eyes fixed on the battle between President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress over the nuclear deal, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s struggle against Iranian critics of the deal...

July 27, 2015 | |

EU Delisting of IRGC Construction Giant Will Boost Terror Financing

The Iran nuclear deal signed July 14 stipulates that eight years after its implementation, the European Union will delist a construction conglomerate owned by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp...

July 26, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Europe to Drop Sanctions on Iranian Terrorists and Entities

Along with the Iran nuclear agreement, the European Union has agreed to remove sanctions on Iranian entities and individuals deeply involved in terrorism. Making matters significantly wo...

July 23, 2015 | |

IRGC Cashes in on EU “Transition Day”

After the nuclear agreement signed last week, the United States will maintain most of its sanctions on individuals and entities connected to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)...

July 16, 2015 | |

Iran Reacts to Nuclear Deal with Belligerence, Threats

The U.S. administration hopes the Iran nuclear deal signed this week “incenti...

June 24, 2015 | FDD Policy Brief |

Reactions to Khamenei’s Nuclear Speech Mirror Iran’s Fault Lines

Iranian reactions to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s address Tuesday on international nuclear negotiations closely follow the country’s factional fault lines, from relative pragmatists...

June 4, 2015 | FDD Policy Brief |

Sanctions Relief and the IRGC

OPEC “needs to open space” for the increased Iranian exports that could soon flow due to sanctions relief, Tehran’s oil minister...

May 19, 2015 | |

Ali Alfoneh: Tehran’s Brutal Crackdown Continues

Almost two years into the presidency of Hassan Rouhani, and just as long after the start of the latest round of nuclear negotiations with Tehran, human rights in Iran show no signs of improvement...

March 25, 2015 | FDD Policy Brief |

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 24, 2015 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Persian Truths and American Self-Deception

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October 10, 2014 | Behnam Ben Taleblu FDD Policy Brief |

Khamenei’s Expanding Nuclear Redlines

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is at it again. Following a recent unsuccessful prob...

May 22, 2014 | |

Why Can’t We Be Friends?

... Rouhani’s mentor, former president Mohammad Khatami, “was a coward who declined to confront the guards,” says Amir. "Rouhani, on the other hand, is taking them on....

January 16, 2013 | |

FDD Welcomes Iran Expert Ali Alfoneh as Senior Fellow

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies proudly welcomes...