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...
Bank Saderat Iran
Hezbollah’s al-Qard al-Hasan and Lebanon’s Banking Sector
Memos
Biden and Obama Previously Defended Non-Nuclear Sanctions on Iran
Memos
Biden, Congress Should Defend Terrorism Sanctions Imposed on Iran
Memos
Thirty-Five Former U.S. Officials and Policy Experts Ask Treasury Department to Safeguard Global Financial System by Sanctioning New Iran Trade Vehicle
(Washington, DC, July 16, 2019) – A group of 35 policy experts and former U.S. officials – including two former senators, four former officials with rank of ambassador, and a form...
Press Releases
Letter on New Iran Trade Vehicle
We are writing to respectfully request that you examine whether Iran’s counterpart to a new European trade vehicle formed to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran meets the criteria either for designation for being owned or controlled by designated Iranian entities subject to U.S sanctions, or for designation under Executive Order 13846. We believe it does.
Memos
Sanctions Alert: Iran’s New Financial Channel with Europe is Linked to Sanctioned Entities
Abdolnasser Hemmati, the head of the...
Policy Briefs
Oman in the Middle
Muscat’s Balancing Act Between Iran and America
Monographs
Bahraini Bank Investigations Offers Powerful Example for Treating De-listed Entities
The Bahraini government last week...
Policy Briefs
Greece Defies EU, U.S. on Sanctions for Iran’s Bank Saderat
Greece has defied its European allies and Washington by blocking European Union sanctions on an Iranian bank the U.S. accuses of financing terrorism, officials familiar with the move say....
Op-eds
German government agency involved in violation of Iran sanctions
Co-written by Bjorn Stritzel A German government quality control agency and a private certification agency that works with it both violated EU sanctions and the federal agency&r...
Op-eds
Money Laundering For The Mullahs
The Islamic Republic of Iran has mounted a full court press to persuade the global financial community to overlook its long rap sheet of financial crimes. In recent weeks, two of the Islamic Repu...
Op-eds
Iran’s Center for Illicit Finance
Iranian Central Bank Governor Valiollah Seif is in Washington this week to attend summits at the...
Policy Briefs
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...
Op-eds
Iran Sanctions Relief A Nightmare for Financial Compliance
The Obama administration issued waivers on Sunday, suspending “nuclear-related” sanctions on Iran, to take effect...
Policy Briefs
It Just Got Easier for Iran to Fund Terrorism
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, did not enter into Tuesday’s historic deal with six world powers to reset relations with the West. It was the promise of more than $100...
Op-eds
Snap-Back: A Journey Through Iranian Sanctions Evasion in Georgia
Two Iranian truck drivers sat idly in the parking area of the Poti Free Industrial Zone(FIZ), waiting for customs authoriti...
Op-eds
Hamas’s Benefactors: A Network of Terror
Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Deutch, Ranking Member Sherman, and distinguished members of these subcommittees, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I tha...
Congressional Testimonies
Hamas’s Benefactors: A Network of Terror
Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Deutch, Ranking Member Sherman, and distinguished members of these subcommittees, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I thank yo...
Congressional Testimonies
No Such Thing As a Good Iranian Bank?
With a new round of talks underway this week in Vienna, American officials are brimming with optimism concerning the possibility of a nuclear deal by the summer. Worryingly, Iran appears poised t...