Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament
The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010
Biden, Congress Should Defend Missile Sanctions Imposed on Iran
Memos
Biden, Congress Should Defend Terrorism Sanctions Imposed on Iran
Memos
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...
Policy Briefs
Khamenei Threatens Reprisal Over Sanctions
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei...
Policy Briefs
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...
Op-eds
The China-Iran Nuclear Pipeline
President Barack Obama has said that the final nuclear deal with Iran will...
Op-eds
Examining What a Nuclear Iran Deal Means for Global Security
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Legislative Testimonies
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....
Op-eds
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...
Legislative Testimonies
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...
Op-eds
Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran
Opening Remarks Q and A Introduction...
Legislative Testimonies
Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran
Opening Remarks Q and A Introduction...
Op-eds
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....
Op-eds
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...
Legislative Testimonies
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...
Press Releases
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...