Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

March 19, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir, Philip Kowalski

U.S. Court Exposes Turkey’s Role in Iran’s and Venezuela’s Sanctions Evasion Schemes – Again

A Manhattan federal jury on Monday convicted Ali Sadr Hasheminejad, the Iranian owner of the now-defunct Pilatus Bank of Malta, of evading U.S. sanctions against Iran by conspiring to transfer payments...

March 7, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Malaysia’s tourism minister says homosexuals don’t exist in his country

The Berlin-based daily paper Tagesspiegel queried Mohammaddin bin Ketapi about whether his country is safe for homosexuals and Jews

February 21, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Trump launches global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality

A report from The Jerusalem Post on death penalty for Iranian gays played a role in ending criminalization of gays.

January 30, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

U.S. Envoy Urgest Condemnation of Iran’s Hanging of Man for Homosexuality

The US envoy, Richard Grenell, wrote on his Twitter feed on Sunday: "Many of our European allies have Embassies in Tehran. This barbaric act must not go unanswered. Speak up."

August 22, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany accused of betraying pledge to combat anti-Semitism by ignoring Iran sanctions

The German government is under fire for betraying its pledge to combat anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, in light of Berlin’s efforts to circumvent U.S. sanctions on Iran. The cr...

August 3, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

The Preeminent Challenge

The biggest foreign-policy challenge before Donald Trump isn’t North Korea, where the usual pattern of diplomacy and deception persists. Nor is it Russia; it doesn’t have the mus...

July 2, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Austria’s Kurz under fire for planned Rouhani meeting

Israeli diplomats complained about Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s planned meeting on July 4 with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Vienna while The Simon Wiesenthal Center and an Au...

May 4, 2018 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Richard Goldberg

The United States Should Seize on Iran’s Currency Crisis

While the debate over the future of the Iran nuclear deal and U.S. military strategy in Syria rages in Washington, policymakers cannot afford to miss the historic events unfolding inside Iran.&nb...

April 4, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Why Iran won’t rush to a bomb if Trump pulls out of the nuclear deal

With John Bo...

March 13, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German Ambassador Praises Iranian Holocaust Denier, Politician

Germany’s ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran Michael Klor-Berchtold praised last week Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s quasi-parliament and a well-known denier of the Holocaus...

February 28, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Fear of US Sanctions Ends German Companies Fueling Iranian FM’s Plane

Energy and oil companies refused to refuel Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s airplane ahead of his trip to the Munich Security Conference in mid-February to avoid violations of US sanc...

January 1, 2018 | Mark Dubowitz |

Iran’s Theocracy Is on the Brink

Iran has a peculiar habit of surprising Americans. It has done so again with the protests engulfing its major cities. The demonstrations began over economic grievances and quickly transformed int...

October 12, 2017 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

How to Defeat the Islamic Republic

Iran’s modern history is replete with examples of the citizenry seeking to reclaim power from despots. The Pahlavi dynasty, which ruled between 1925 and 1979, regularly faced popular rebell...

September 6, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Berlin Mayor Lambasted For Enabling Uptick in BDS, Antisemitism

Berlin’s embattled Mayor Michael Müller is under fire from German Jews and antisemitism experts for allegedly tolerating hatred of Israel and a rising BDS campaign in the capital city....

July 19, 2017 | Clifford D. May |

The proliferation problem from hell

On the surface, Iran and North Korea could hardly be...

June 7, 2017 | Tzvi Kahn |

Iran’s Executions Continue After Rouhani’s Reelection

Iran has executed at least 20 people since President Hassan Rouhani’s reelection on May 19. This grim statistic offers continuity with his first ter...

April 27, 2017 | Tzvi Kahn |

Iran’s Ideological War on Homosexuality

Iranian police raided a private party this month,...

April 24, 2017 | Orde Kittrie |

Obama Administration Dropped Charges against Iranian Procurement Agents

A bombshell article published Monday in Politico describes how the Obama administra...

April 7, 2017 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Hardline Iranian Cleric Announces Presidential Run

A hardline Iranian political coalition...

March 23, 2017 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, John Hannah

In Venezuela’s Toxic Brew, Failed Narco-State Meets Iran-Backed Terrorism

As if the political and economic chaos wracking Venezuela wasn’t worrying enough, a couple of recent stories underscore the potential national security threat brewi...