Howard Berman

August 31, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

Iran and the future of the Middle East

Nixon went to China. Obama will not be going to Iran. The 1972 visit of President Richard M. Nixon to the People’s Republic included meetings with both Chairman Mao Zedong, the com...

August 13, 2015 | Orde Kittrie |

Congress Can Rewrite the Iran Deal

President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry claim that Congress has only two options for the Iran nuclear ag...

April 12, 2013 | |

Treasury Action Targets Network of Banks and Iranian Businessman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC -- The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) welcomes new sanctions against an Iranian businessman and a network of banks and...

January 2, 2013 | |

FDD Praises New Iran Sanctions in Defense Authorization Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – With the United States and its key European allies preparing to enter negotiations over Iran’s unlawful nuclear a...

December 20, 2012 | |

FDD Commends Congress for New Iran Sanctions

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – With the United States and its key European allies soon to enter negotiations over Iran’s un...

October 12, 2012 | Claudia Rosett The Rosett Report |

Digging Deeper Into the UN’s WIPO Tech for Tyrants Scandal

Congressional investigators of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs are pressing ahead with their inquiry into one of the flashier United Nations scandals of recent times — call it Tech f...

September 23, 2012 |

FDD Applauds Congress and Treasury for New Iran Sanctions

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC (FDD, September 24, 2012) – On the eve of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appearance a...

May 22, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Defining Palestinian Refugee Status and the Consequences

In what can be described as both a landmark bill for Middle East peace and a provocation that could stir the wrath of the whole Arab world, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) has proposed legislation t...

May 21, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer |

UNRWA’s Status Update

With the stroke of a pen, a new bill in Congress could slash the number of Palestinian refugees -- and open a world of controver

May 17, 2012 | Mark Dubowitz

Iran Sanctions: Strategy, Implementation and Enforcement

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May 9, 2012 | Clifford D. May |

The Real Palestinian Refugee Problem

Most aren’t refugees. They’re pawns.

December 13, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US to Turn Non-Military Screws on Iran

Anti-Iranian regime penalties enter new phase with focus on Central Bank.

June 30, 2011 | |

Countering Syria’s Lebanese Power Play

Pity poor Lebanon. Earlier this month, the murderous regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad imposed a government in Beirut dominated by the terrorist group, Hezbollah -- which, as it happens,...

May 17, 2011 | Washington Post

Congress Fills the Void on Iran Policy

The Associated Press reports: Iran could face a new array of U.S. sanctions under proposed House legislation that's meant to force Tehran into international talks on its nuclear program....

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...

March 31, 2011 | Jerusalem Post

Congressman: US Policy on Iran Shows ‘Weakness’

WASHINGTON – A top Democratic member of Congress chastised the Obama administration Thursday for deploying sanctions against Iran merely in a "symbolic" way that he warned could signal weakness t...

January 20, 2011 | JTA

With Stuxnet Delaying Iran’s Bomb, Is the Urgency Gone?

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- In the wake of revelations that a computer virus may have set back Iran's nuclear weapons program, the Western groups and analysts that track the Islamic Republic are saying "Mo...

November 12, 2010 |

Panel Expected to Push Obama on Iran Sanctions

Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who will wield the gavel because of their victory in last week's elections, will seek to hold the Obama administration's feet to the fire on the...

October 28, 2010 | |

House Foreign Affairs Committee Advances Gasoline Sanctions on Iran

House Foreign Affairs Committee Advances Gasoline Sanctions on Iran Washington, D.C. (October 28, 2009) – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies praised the...

August 30, 2010 | |

FDD on New Congressional Iran Sanctions Working Group

Washington, D.C. (August 3, 2010) - Statement from Mark Dubowitz, FDD Executive Director and Director, Iran Energy Project: “The House of Representatives took the right step in cre...