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October 31, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

Spy surge: Tehran’s espionage strategy against Israel

The Islamic Republic has accelerated its intelligence operations in Israel, with at least five spy rings uncovered by Israel in October alone. Between October 14 and 31, authorities arrested some 20 individuals...

October 18, 2024 | Natalie Ecanow, Ahmad Sharawi

Treasury Targets Hezbollah Financiers, Syrian Narcotraffickers with Fresh Sanctions

The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday against a Hezbollah financing network and three individuals who generate revenue for Hezbollah by trafficking illicit narcotics. As hostilities escalate...

July 23, 2021 | Annie Fixler, Divjot Bawa

Iran’s Social Engineering Capabilities Mature

Facebook last week dismantled a long-running Iranian cyber operation that collected sensitive information on U.S. military personnel and employees of American defense and aerospace companies. Unlike a previous...

August 14, 2020 | Mathew Ha |

North Korean Hackers Target Israeli Defense Companies

North Korean hackers launched attacks against Israel’s defense sector, according to a new report from ClearSky, a private cybersecurity company. The hackers likely sought to uncover military secrets essential...

October 16, 2018 | Tzvi Kahn

‘America is not the enemy, the enemy is right here’

Ali Larijani, speaker of the Iranian parliament, has described the United States as a “threat to the entire world.” But his daughter Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani is safe in Ohio, where she recently c...

March 28, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: German Company Fires Employee in Jordan for Defending Israel

The German Corporation for International Cooperation in Amman fired an employee for her pro-Israel comments on a Facebook page in December. The former employee, who asked not to be...

November 21, 2017 |

FDD launches national security and foreign policy podcast “Foreign Podicy”

WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 21, 2017 – Focused on the most consequential foreign policy and national security issues facing the United States today, Foundation for Def...

July 15, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz |

Iran Deal Cannot Whitewash Regime’s Deplorable Human Rights Record

As we mark the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) this week, the Iranian regime continues to repress its p...

June 16, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler

The Obama Administration Needs to Stand Strong on Iran Sanctions

Washington has already made unparalleled concessions to Tehran. And if President Obama has forgotten that Iran is still a rogue state, thank God that banks still remember. Ira...

May 6, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler

Money Laundering For The Mullahs

The Islamic Republic of Iran has mounted a full court press to persuade the global financial community to overlook its long rap sheet of financial crimes. In recent weeks, two of the Islamic Repu...

April 15, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler

Iran’s Center for Illicit Finance

Iranian Central Bank Governor Valiollah Seif is in Washington this week to attend summits at the...

March 31, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler

Don’t Politicize Sanctions

In a speech yesterday before the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew argue...

March 30, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler

Green Lighting the Greenback

In the past two weeks, Congress has pressed Treasury Secretary Ja...

March 28, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz, Jonathan Schanzer

Dollarizing the Ayatollahs

The bruising battle between the president and Congress surrounding the Iran nuclear deal is over. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, despite its many troubling flaws, is already being implem...

March 7, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz |

Hassan Rouhani, ‘Moderates’ and Iran’s Post-Election Path

The recent elections in Iran sparked intense debat...

February 22, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz |

Where Obama Fails on Iran Sanctions, the Gulf States Can Step In

Meaningful new U.S. sanctions on Iran will have to wait for the next administration. President Obama continues to oppose congressional efforts to inflict financial pain on Tehran for it...

January 5, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz |

Amid Tensions With Saudi Arabia, Grim News for Iran’s Economy

The devolution in relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran could easily evolve into an econo...

November 2, 2015 | Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler

Impact of Sanctions Relief

Despite the fanfare over the recently reached Iran deal, Tehran remains a bad actor. Iran recently tested a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead in violation of a key UN Security Council...

September 11, 2015 | Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler

Iran’s Mysterious Shrinking Reserves: Estimating the Value of Tehran’s Foreign Assets

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August 10, 2015 | Mark Dubowitz, Jonathan Schanzer

The Iran Deal Will Unchain Top Ayatollah’s Terror Slush Fund

Hundreds of bad actors are set to be expunged from the US Treasury’s sanctions list as a result of the Iran nuclear deal signed last month in Vienna. Yet the most high-profile among them ha...