Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010

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...

November 26, 2016 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Khamenei Threatens Reprisal Over Sanctions

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei...

May 13, 2016 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Done Deal?

All administrations are short-sighted. Even the brightest, most reflective people can develop acute tunnel vision when they join the paper-pushing, crisis-a-minute senior ranks of the National Se...

July 13, 2015 | Orde Kittrie |

The China-Iran Nuclear Pipeline

President Barack Obama has said that the final nuclear deal with Iran will...

November 19, 2014 | Mark Dubowitz

Examining What a Nuclear Iran Deal Means for Global Security

Download the full testimony text here Chairman...

August 25, 2014 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Don’t Forget Iran’s Ballistic Missiles

Last month, the P5+1 and Iran arranged for an extension of Joint Plan of Action (JPOA), the interim nuclear deal that was agreed to in Geneva in late 2013 and implemented in January of this year....

April 11, 2013 | R. James Woolsey Joint Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs |

Breaking the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nexus

Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade...

April 11, 2013 |

Breaking the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nexus

Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade...

November 15, 2011 | Mark Dubowitz Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations |

Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran

      Opening Remarks Q and A Introduction...

November 15, 2011 | Mark Dubowitz

Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran

      Opening Remarks Q and A Introduction...

August 3, 2011 | Mark Dubowitz |

Congress Should Consider Syrian Energy Sanctions

The Assad regime’s ruthlessness is on vivid display as the Syrian security forces, with Iranian assistance, continue their bloody campaign to crush a four-month long democracy uprising....

June 29, 2011 | Mark Dubowitz

The Impact of U.S. and European Sanctions on Iran

Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and Director of its Iran Energy Project, testified today before the House Committee on Oversight and Governmen...

May 25, 2011 | |

FDD Congratulates Bipartisan Group of Senators for Iran Sanctions Bill

Calls on Administration for More Sanctions Against Iran's Energy Partners and Human Rights Abusers Washington, D.C. (May 25, 2011) - FDD congratulates a bipartisan group of Senato...

May 16, 2011 |

House Goes First with New Iran Sanctions Bill

Both the House and Senate are preparing new legislation to increase pressure on Iran, but the House fired the opening salvo on Monday with a new bill authored by both heads of the Foreign Affairs C...

May 5, 2011 |

Will the Treasury Department Go After Iran’s Banking Friends?

Seven Republican senators are demanding that the Obama administration take tougher measures to punish banks still doing business in Iran, and they are threatening to stall the nomination of a top...

March 30, 2011 | Global Security Newswire

Lawmakers Question Use of Iran Sanctions Law

The Obama administration on Tuesday said it would blacklist a Belarusian firm under an Iran sanctions law enacted last year, but Republican senators called the move an insufficient application of l...

March 30, 2011 |

State Department Sanctions Belarus Firm for Doing Business with Iran; GOP Not Satisfied

The State Department announced on Tuesday that it has decided to apply the recently passed Iran sanctions legislation to the Belarusian company Belorusneft. But GOP senators monitoring the implemen...

March 21, 2011 |

New FDD Iran Human Rights Project to Serve as Resource for Policy Makers

Press Release March 21, 2011 CONTACT: Susan Firey (202) [email protected]   New FDD Iran Human Rights Project to Serve as Resource for Policy MakersThe Project Holds Tehran Accountable for Record of Abuse Washington, D.C. –The

February 16, 2011 |

FDD Praises Senators Gillibrand and Kirk, Reps. Deutch and Burton for New Iran Sanctions Legislation

Press Release February 16, 2011 CONTACT: Susan Firey (202) [email protected]   FDD Praises Senators Gillibrand and Kirk, Reps. Deutch and Burton for New Iran Sanctions Legislation Washington, D.C. (February 16, 2011) –This week,

October 12, 2010 | International Oil Daily

US Report Calls for Sanctions Against Chinese Firms Active in Iran

A new report by a US think tank identifies 10 large Chinese energy companies that continue to do business with Iran in spite of international sanctions. It warns the Obama administration that fai...