Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company Will Oversee Exploration Activities: Israel has awarded Azerbaijan’s state oil company, SOCAR, gas exploration rights in Israel’s exclusive...
International Energy Policies Threaten U.S. National Security
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen vowed on December 19 to continue threatening international shipping in the Red Sea. “No matter how many alliances America mobilizes, our military...
Safeguarding U.S. National Security in the Electric Vehicle and Battery Industries
Offensive and Defensive Measures to Defeat Russia in the Economic Domain
When I lived in Moscow, I worked for Bloomberg, banked at Citibank, used my Visa card at Ikea, lunched at McDonald’s and flew home on Aeroflot to New York. As of this week, all that is over. As more than...
Multinational Firms’ Compliance with U.S. Sanctions
(Washington, D.C., Sept. 10, 2018) – Major international corporations are leaving Iran rather than face the risk of unilateral U.S. sanctions, despite the efforts of European governments to neutrali...
OMV, a major Austrian energy firm, will no longer resist U.S. efforts to re-impose sanctions on Iran. “Let’s face it, you cannot simply carry on in Iran,”...
The European Union implemented its new sanctions against Iran on Wednesday, targeting the country's energy, transportation and bank sectors with additional restrictions. The robust...
The Simon Wiesenthal Center called last week for a boycott of Royal Dutch Shell gas stations because of the energy company's increased import of Iranian crude oil. "We urge th...
After enacting comprehensive energy sanctions on companies that do business with Iran, and encouraging 31 other countries to follow suit, last Thursday the United States announced penalties again...
BERLIN – German authorities are facing criticism because of the role of a Hamburg-based Iranian bank in financing Teheran's nuclear and missile development programs. Europäisch-Ir...
In the coming days, the European Union will hopefully adopt tough new measures designed to push Tehran to halt its illegal nuclear activities. "Sanctions have become inevitable," EU leaders said...
BP's ties to the Iranian energy sector. Watch the video here....
The Obama administration, which labored for months to impose tough new United Nations sanctions against Iran, now is pushing in the opposite direction against Congress as it crafts U.S. sanctions t...
Royal Dutch Shell resumed its gasoline shipments to Iran, International Oil Dailyreported this morning. The company got back into business with the Iranian regime after a six-month hiatus....
Royal Dutch Shell resumed its gasoline shipments to Iran, International Oil Daily reported this morning. The company got back into business with the Iranian regime after a six-month hiatus....
Press Release May 27, 2010 CONTACT: Judy Mayka 202-621-3948 [email protected] FDD Applauds Amendment to National Defense Authorization Act...
Washington, D.C. (April 15, 2010) - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies welcomed reports that Petronas, the Malaysian state-owned energy company, has stopped supplying gasoline to Iran. Petronas joins seven other energy traders that have reportedly