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April 30, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany outlaws Iranian-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah

Germany’s interior ministry on Thursday outlawed all of Hezbollah activities within the Federal Republic, boosting the chances of a European-wide ban on the U.S.-designated Lebanese terrorist entity. “The...

April 7, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US debunks Berlin leaders’ allegations that it seized 200,000 face masks amid coronavirus pandemic

The U.S. government and German commentators sharply criticized officials in Berlin for manufacturing a scandal, alleging that the Trump administration improperly seized 200,000 face masks destined for...

March 24, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran refuses to release Christian prisoners amid coronavirus outbreak while EU sends millions in aid

Iran’s theocratic rulers have temporarily released some 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, in an effort to prevent the spread of the Middle East’s worst coronavirus outbreak, but have...

March 10, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

UN issues scathing indictment of Iran’s human rights violations

The newly released U.N. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran savaged Tehran’s failure to adhere to basic human rights norms. Javaid Rehman,...

March 9, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

State Department Counterterrorism Conference Contradicts Pompeo Assurances on al-Qaeda

The secretary's statements mirror the wishful thinking of the Obama administration.

February 10, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German president mistakenly congratulates Iran’s regime for its revolution

The office of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced it would not send the Iranian regime a congratulatory email on the anniversary of the revolution - then accidentally sent it anyway.

February 9, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

After US envoy criticism, German president will not honor Iran’s regime

German Foreign Ministry still slated to celebrate ‘antisemitic’ regime

February 8, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US envoy urges Germany not to celebrate Iran’s Holocaust-denying regime

The US government and the Anti-Defamation League have concluded that Iran’s regime is the leading international state-sponsor of terrorism, antisemitism and Holocaust denial.

February 6, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Amb. Richard Grenell criticizes Germany for planned celebration of Iran’s terror regime

A month after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps fired numerous ballistic missiles at U.S. troops in Iraq, Germany’s government is slated to celebrate the founding of the Islamic Republic, prompting...

January 22, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Grey zone is the new black

Too many smart people don’t grasp that a war is being waged against us

January 16, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

The French and German threat to NATO

President Trump’s targeted killing of the world’s master of international terrorism, Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, highlighted Washington’s improved cooperation and concordance with Middle Eastern...

January 14, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iranian authorities bulldozed grave of executed Christian pastor

The grave of the Rev. Hossein Soodmand, the only Iranian pastor confirmed to have been formally sentenced for quitting Islam and then executed by Iran’s regime, was bulldozed in early December. Article18,...

November 27, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US ambassador blasts German economics minister for China communist comparison

The U.S. ambassador to Germany chided Chancellor Angela Merkel’s economics affairs minister for drawing an insulting parallel between communist China and America. Richard Grenell did not mention...

November 16, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Qatar had prior knowledge of Iran attack on vessels, failed to tell allies: report

Qatar had advance knowledge on an Iranian attack on four commercial vessels in the Gulf of Oman in May and may have failed to warn its U.S., French and British allies, a western intelligence report alleges. The...

October 30, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US rebukes Germany for refusal to say Iran’s threat to destroy Israel is anti-Semitic

Threats by Iran to obliterate Israel have been played down by Germany, prompting the Trump administration’s highest-profile ambassador to criticize Chancellor Angela Merkel government’s attitude...

October 16, 2019 | Clifford D. May |

How not to end endless wars

Retreating and abandoning allies may not be the optimum strategy.

October 7, 2019 | David Adesnik |

Trump’s Syria decision is a victory for America’s enemies in the Middle East

Thousands of Syrian Kurdish fighters gave their lives to help America defeat the Islamic State, but President Trump just decided to abandon the Kurds to their worst enemy, Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip...

October 5, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German intelligence reports on Iran’s illicit nuclear activities met with silence from European powers

Serious questions have emerged about the International Atomic Energy Agency’s and the European powers’ silence regarding a series of German intelligence reports documenting the Iranian regime’s...

September 2, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Controversial German spy ‘Mr. Hezbollah’ retires

The Merkel administration rejects a full ban of Hezbollah in Germany, where 1,050 Hezbollah members and supporters operate.

August 28, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Will Qatar allow Israeli fans to attend FIFA World Cup 2022?

New report suggests Qatar may not be in compliance with FIFA’s ethical code.