Ballistic missile

June 26, 2025 | |

U.S. Again Emphasizes Success of Strikes on Iran’s Nuclear Sites

Top General Offers Further Details on U.S. Strikes: Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, laid out new details of the strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities....

March 14, 2025 | Orde Kittrie, Andrea Stricker, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament

The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security

February 25, 2025 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Ship Carrying Chemical for Missile Development Docks in Iran

America’s authoritarian adversaries continue to deepen their military ties. A container ship carrying 1,000 tons of sodium perchlorate from China — a precursor chemical used to make ammonium perchlorate,...

October 21, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: October 21, 2024

Today’s Issue: | IDF Strikes Hezbollah Financial Targets in Lebanon Overnight | Al-Qard al-Hassan Association: A Hezbollah Financial Institution Used to Launder Money | IDF Operating in Northern, Central,...

October 20, 2024 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, John Hardie

Iran’s Ballistic Missile Gift to Russia—And Vice Versa

Iran's missile transfers to Russia could make its missile program a more potent threat to U.S. forces, Israel, and other targets in the Middle East.

October 2, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: October 2, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Iran Strikes Israel with Ballistic Missiles; IDF: ‘We Will React When and Where We Decide’ | IDF Kills Two Hezbollah Commanders in Targeted Strikes on Tuesday | More Than 150 Terrorist...

September 29, 2023 | |

Iran Launches Satellite Using Ballistic Missile Technology

The Biden administration expressed concern on September 28 over Iran’s successful launch of an imaging satellite a day earlier. The Qased rocket that launched Iran’s Noor-3 satellite...

January 31, 2023 | |

Israel Strikes Iranian Military Facility

Israeli drones struck an advanced weapons-production facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan on Sunday morning, dealing a potential blow to Tehran’s military infrastructure. According to The Jerusalem Post, Western intelligence and foreign sources described the strike as a success, disputing Iranian claims that the blasts caused only minor damage to the roof. The attack may impede Iran’s ability to arm Russia, which has used Iranian loitering munitions — popularly called suicide or kamikaze drones — to strike civilian targets in Ukraine.

January 10, 2023 | Mark Dubowitz, Orde Kittrie

Strategy for a New Comprehensive U.S. Policy on Iran

April 27, 2021 | Richard Goldberg, Matthew Zweig, Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Biden, Congress Should Defend Missile Sanctions Imposed on Iran

January 14, 2021 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Andrea Stricker

Arms Control and Nonproliferation

June 26, 2019 | Mark Dubowitz, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Behnam Ben Taleblu

What “Yes” With Iran Looks Like

June 18, 2019 | David Adesnik, LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Burning Bridge: The Iranian Land Corridor to the Mediterranean

January 25, 2018 |

America’s Newsroom

FDD's Behnam Ben Taleblu's Research Memo on the Iranian Ballistic Missile tests is featured on Fox News.   ...

April 3, 2017 | Behnam Ben Taleblu

Increasing the Effectiveness of Non-Nuclear Sanctions Against Iran

Download the full testimony here.  Our...

February 9, 2017 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Iranian Ballistic Missile Tests Since the Nuclear Deal

FDD Research Memo

October 3, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler

Washington Dismantles the Ballistic Missile Embargo

In January, the Obama administration reportedly signed a secret agreement wi...

July 20, 2016 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Iran’s Latest Test Shows It Is Doubling Down on Ballistic Missiles

Iran reportedly tried to test yet another ballistic missile last week &...

March 16, 2016 | Saeed Ghasseminejad

Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program and Economic Sanctions

Research Memo

October 29, 2015 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

EU Set to Delist Entities Linked to Iran’s Ballistic Missile Test

Iranian lawmakers broadly endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (...