Brian Hook

November 8, 2024 | |

‘You are Going to See the Sanctions Go Back On’: Trump Expected to Restore Maximum Pressure Against Iran

Maximum Pressure to Make a Comeback: President-elect Donald Trump plans to increase sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran as part of a return to his previous administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign, former Trump administration officials told The Wall Street Journal.

August 7, 2024 | |

U.S. Charges Pakistani Man With Iran-Backed Plot to Assassinate Government Officials

The United States charged a Pakistani national with a thwarted Iran-backed plot to assassinate American government officials, the U.S. Justice Department disclosed on August 6. The...

July 17, 2024 | |

Iran Plots Assassination of Trump

Latest Developments Iran plotted to assassinate former President Donald Trump in recent weeks, U.S. authorities told CNN in a July 16 report. Unrelated to the failed assassination attempt against Trump...

July 10, 2024 | |

Iran Supporting and Funding Pro-Hamas Protests in the U.S.

Following several months of often violent pro-Hamas protests across the United States, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, stated on July 9 that the Islamic...

May 30, 2024 | |

Maryland Court Issues Restraining Order Against U.S.-Based Iranian Diplomat

A Maryland court issued a temporary restraining order on May 28 against an employee of Iran’s Interests Section in Washington — the Islamic Republic’s de facto consular office...

September 12, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

Biden has a secret, illegal deal with Iran that gives mullahs everything they want

In the latest phase of an unacknowledged and unlawful nuclear deal between the United States and Iran, President Joe Biden this week formally approved giving the world’s leading state sponsor...

June 1, 2023 | |

U.S. Sanctions Iranians for Plotting Assassinations

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned five men affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on June 1 for their participation in international assassination plots. Three of the men...

March 8, 2023 | Jonathan Schanzer, Natalie Ecanow

Biden’s State Department ignores Iranian death plots inside America

It took quite a bit longer than it should have, but the State Department finally released its 2021 Country Reports on Terrorism. As ever, the document covers the countries that experienced attacks, those...

August 10, 2022 | Richard Goldberg |

Five Minutes from Disaster

The U.S. is offering Iran the deal of the millennium, and yet the Islamic Republic—and Russia—want more concessions.

March 18, 2020 | Richard Goldberg |

If Trump Hates Obama’s Nuclear Deal, Why Is He Letting Up on Iran?

Iran is stockpiling enriched uranium and may soon receive advanced weapons from Russia. Trump has an easy way to tighten the screws.

February 25, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn |

U.S. Sanctions Five Members of Iran’s Guardian Council

The Trump administration on Thursday sanctioned five officials who sit on Iran’s 12-member Guardian Council, which screens parliamentary and presidential candidates to ensure their fidelity to Iran’s...

January 21, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn |

U.S. Sanctions Iranian General for Role in Killing Protesters

The State Department on Friday sanctioned a key Iranian military official who presided over the killing of 148 protesters during the November demonstrations in the Iranian city of Mahshahr. The designation...

December 12, 2019 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Trump’s Iran strategy is working. Here’s why

President Trump’s “maximum pressure” strategy against Iran is working, despite warnings of a backlash against the U.S. for the economic sanctions he has imposed on the Islamic Republic. As protests...

November 21, 2019 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Towards A Bipartisan Iran Protest Policy Playbook

Once again, Iranians have taken to the streets. Spurred initially by cuts in gas subsidies and an increase in petrol prices, up to 100 cities experienced protests, and over 100 people have been killed....

November 30, 2018 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Intercepted weapons attest to Iran’s continued support of terrorism

U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook shed light on Tehran...

November 2, 2018 | Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler

Don’t Let Iran’s Rulers Abuse the Humanitarian Channel to the Detriment of the People

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced today that the global financial messaging service SWIFT “would be subject to U.S....

July 10, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Austrian Jewish community leader slams chancellor for courting Iran

The president of the Jewish community in Vienna blasted Austria’s Chancellor S...

May 14, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

It’s Come Undone

Since the parameters of the Iranian nuclear accord became apparent in 2014 until Donald Trump canceled the deal on May 8, Washington essentially divided into three camps: those who supported the...