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October 28, 2024 | Andrea Stricker |

Israel Likely Eliminated Key Iranian Weaponization Site

Israel likely destroyed an Iranian site that played a key role in the Islamic Republic’s past nuclear weapons program, known as the Amad Plan. The potential elimination of the facility sends a strong...

November 20, 2023 | David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Spencer Faragasso, Andrea Stricker

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — November 2023

For the second time in two years, America finds itself providing military support to a friend in the wake of aggression. Within days of Hamas’ attack on Israel, American munitions began flowing to the...

November 19, 2021 | David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Andrea Stricker

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report – November 2021

Excerpt This report summarizes and assesses information in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) quarterly safeguards report for November 17, 2021, Verification and monitoring in the Islamic...

September 13, 2021 | David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Andrea Stricker

Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report – September 2021

Excerpt This report summarizes and assesses information in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) quarterly safeguards report for September 7, 2021, Verification and monitoring in the Islamic...

January 17, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Outrage over German Institute’s Hosting of Pro-Hamas, Hezbollah Speaker

The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in the city of Halle sparked international criticism because the pro-Hezbollah and allegedly antisemitic activist Norman Finkelstein is slated to...

November 28, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Is the Price of Watermelons Relevant to Iran’s Nuclear Crisis?

The founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, famously said the 1979 Islamic Revolution was “not about the price of watermelons.” To parse...

July 30, 2013 |

FDD Welcomes Saudi Arabia and Gulf Expert David Weinberg as Senior Fellow

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies proudly welcomed...

April 10, 2011 | The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Fighter Properly Detained at Gitmo, Court Finds

The DC Circuit Court recently affirmed a district court's decision to deny Guantanamo detainee Yasein Khasem Mohammad Esmail's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The circuit...

February 23, 2011 | The Long War Journal

Judge Finds Gitmo Detainee was No ‘Gucci jihadist’

In an opinion released to the public on Feb. 18, DC District Judge Ricardo Urbina denied Guantanamo detainee Mashour Abdullah Muqbel al Sabri's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Al Sabri...

October 5, 2010 |

What’s Rankling the Swiss Foreign Ministry?

Switzerland's Social Democratic controlled Foreign Ministry is upset with THE WEEKLY STANDARD's criticism of how its foreign policies serve as a crutch for Iran's drive to obtain n...

October 5, 2010 | Weekly Standard

What’s Rankling the Swiss Foreign Ministry?

Switzerland's Social Democratic controlled Foreign Ministry is upset with THE WEEKLY STANDARD's criticism of how its foreign policies serve as a crutch for Iran's drive to obtain nuclear weapons an...

September 29, 2010 | Benjamin Weinthal, Mark Dubowitz Wall Street Journal Europe

Iran’s European Helpers

The European Union in July imposed unprecedented sanctions against Iran's energy and financial sectors. But despite the crackdown, some European companies continue to sign up for business de...

June 29, 2003 |

Wahhabism & Islam in the U.S.

By Stephen Schwartz EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the text of testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security on Thursday, June 26, 2003....