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December 11, 2017 | Mark Dubowitz, Toby Dershowitz

Iranian Terror. Argentinian Cover Up. Justice at Last?

One morning last week, Argentines woke up to a political earthquake: A judge...

September 27, 2017 | Clifford D. May

Latin America’s socialist-Islamist-narco-terrorist alliance

At the U.N. last week, President Trump had harsh words for the “socialist dictatorship” that has impoverished Venezuela. He railed against “Islamist extremism” and “...

September 12, 2017 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Netanyahu’s Latin America Trip: Another Chance To Talk About Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Latin America on Monday in a trip laden with symbolism. He boarded the first El Al flight to Argentina since 1960, when the Israeli flagship carrier b...

March 23, 2017 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, John Hannah

In Venezuela’s Toxic Brew, Failed Narco-State Meets Iran-Backed Terrorism

As if the political and economic chaos wracking Venezuela wasn’t worrying enough, a couple of recent stories underscore the potential national security threat brewi...

March 21, 2017 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, John Hannah

Rouhani, the Deceiver

In two months’ time — on May 19, to be exact — Iran will hold presidential elections. As things currently stand, odds are that the incumbent, Hassan Rou...

January 4, 2017 | Toby Dershowitz

With a New Investigation, Will Victims of Argentina’s Biggest Terror Attack Get Justice?

After nearly two years without progress, the investigation into whether former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner conspired with Iran to cover up the Islamic Republic’s role in Argen...

October 24, 2016 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Cuba, Iran’s island in the sun

The Obama administration thinks Iran's influe...

August 1, 2016 | Michael Ledeen

The Pope’s War

It’s not a religious war, according to His Holiness.  Economic, yes.  Political, sure.  But not religious, because religious people want peace.  That’s what he sai...

July 18, 2016 | Toby Dershowitz |

Obama Can’t Let Iran Get Away With Murder

The Obama administration has long said it will hold Iran accountable for acts of terrorism. It now has a chance to prove it:  Interpol red notices for five former Iranian officials found culpable in...

April 28, 2016 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Hezbollah: Iran’s Henchmen in Brazil

Across Latin America, Iran’s public face appears innocuous: mosques, cultural centers...

April 15, 2016 |

Justice for Alberto Nisman and the AMIA Jewish center victims inches closer

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank this week presented its Alberto Nisman Award for Courage to Judge Royce Lamberth. A senior district judge for the District of...

March 1, 2016 | Sheryl Saperia |

The real roadblock to better relations is Tehran

The Islamic Republic of Iran must take delight in commentators in the West who advance the regime’s public relations agenda free of charge. Here in Canada, one analyst claims that...

January 18, 2016 | Toby Dershowitz, Joseph Humire

US Should Help Argentina Solve Terrorism Case

Will the presidential victory of Mauricio Macri in Argentina finally bring justice to the victims of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires? Will it solve the murder of t...

November 18, 2015 | Clifford D. May |

Forget Paris

For almost two generations, since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, self-proclaimed jihadis have been fighting to re-establish Islamic supremacy and domination in the world. Leaders of the na...

October 29, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Netanyahu, Palestinian Terrorism and the Holocaust

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked a long-overdue debate about the role of Haj Amin al-Husseini—the mufti of Jerusalem from 1921 to 1937—in carrying out the Holo...

October 7, 2015 | Clifford D. May |

Argentine Murder Mystery

When heads of state gather, as they did for the United Nations General Assembly last week, you have a choice: Tune out or prepare to be bathed in blather, boilerplate and blatant lies. That said,...

July 20, 2015 | |

Argentina is Still Helping Iran Cover Up its Role in the Bombing of a Jewish Community Center

July 18th marks 21 years since the largest terrorist attack in Argentina’s history: the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 individuals and wounded...

July 13, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Iran’s Very Active Posture Against IS in Iraq Finds No Match in Syria

Since her return from Tehran in April, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has argued that Iran can be a reliable partner in the fight against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. At the Paris talks this m...

May 29, 2015 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Transformational Diplomacy

Many supporters of an Iranian nuclear agreement believe that a deal could help to moderate, even democratize, Iranian society. Barack Obama’s constant allusions to the transformative potent...

March 18, 2015 | |

La FDD lanza el sitio AlbertoNisman.org para alojar documentos clave e información actualizada sobre

WASHINGTON, 18 de marzo de 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- La Foundation for Defense of Democracies (Fundación para la Defensa de las Democracias) lanzó hoy AlbertoNisman.org, un...