Howard Berman
The Urgent Need for UN Reform
The UN’s response to October 7 makes reform more urgent than ever. UN reform used to be a bipartisan priority — it must now be again.
Memos
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Press Releases
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...
Press Releases
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...
Press Releases
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...
Op-eds
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...
Press Releases
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...
Op-eds
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
Op-eds
Iran Sanctions: Strategy, Implementation and Enforcement
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Legislative Testimonies
The Real Palestinian Refugee Problem
Most aren’t refugees. They’re pawns.
Op-eds
US to Turn Non-Military Screws on Iran
Anti-Iranian regime penalties enter new phase with focus on Central Bank.
Op-eds
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,...
Op-eds
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....
Op-eds
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
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...