Iran Launches Satellite Into Orbit Using Domestic Missile
The United States expressed concern on September 14 after Iran successfully launched a satellite into space using a rocket developed by its widely sanctioned Islamic Revolutionary...
Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics
Russian Ship Likely Carrying Iranian Missiles Docks at Caspian Sea Port
New satellite imagery showed a Russian cargo ship that was likely carrying Iranian ballistic missiles docking at a Russian port on the Caspian Sea, CNN reported on September 11....
Flash Briefs
Treasury Sanctions Highlight Hong Kong’s Role as Emerging Sanctions Evasion Hub
The Treasury Department designated 12 individuals and entities in Iran, China, and Hong Kong on Monday for supporting Iran’s ballistic missile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs. This action...
Policy Briefs
U.S. Sanctions Banking Network Transferring Billions for Iran’s Military
The United States sanctioned nearly 50 individuals and entities that comprise branches of a “shadow banking” network processing billions of dollars for Iran’s military on June...
Flash Briefs
U.S., UK Sanction Iranian Deputy Commander and Houthi Member
The United States and the United Kingdom jointly sanctioned an Iranian military official and a member of the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group on February 28. In a statement, the...
Flash Briefs
U.S. Sanctions Iranian Entities for Helping Russia Build Drones
The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled new sanctions on February 23 against hundreds of entities complicit in Russia’s war in Ukraine, including a network of Iranian entities that...
Flash Briefs
CBI Revoking Bank Melli’s License Is Unlikely to Curb Iran’s Sanction Evasion in Iraq
The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) revoked Bank Melli of Iran’s operating license on February 8, following increased U.S. pressure to untangle Iraq’s financial system from Iranian money laundering and...
Policy Briefs
Iran Reportedly Used UK Banks to Evade U.S. Sanctions
Iran used two banks in the United Kingdom to evade U.S. sanctions via front companies secretly owned by Iran’s Petrochemical Commercial Company (PCC), the Financial Times reported...
Flash Briefs
Iran Bolsters Missile Capacity With Satellite Launches
Iran announced on January 28 that it successfully launched into space three satellites that use technology similar to that of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The achievement...
Flash Briefs
Ten Reasons Why the Hostage Deal with Tehran Is a Disaster
The hostage deal warrants reassessment in light of these significant shortcomings.
Op-eds
Washington Must Focus on Asia When Targeting Tehran’s Drone Technology Procurement
Asia has long served as a critical hub for military and missile technology to the Islamic Republic.
Op-eds
Treasury Sanctions Leaders of Iranian Drone and Missile Companies
Latest Developments The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned six executives and board members of one of Iran’s top drone manufacturers, Qods Aviation Industries (QAI), on Friday for their role in providing...
Flash Briefs
New Iran Nuclear Deal? Same Old Missile Problems.
The U.S. and Europe ignore Iranian missile tech developments at their own peril.
Op-eds
A Sign That Iran Is Still Pursuing Nukes
Iranian media have reported on the identity of the new head of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear research institute.
Op-eds
Shining a Light on the Iran Deal’s Sunset Problem
If the new administration is serious about reinvigorated diplomacy, it must resist Iran’s nuclear extortion and forgo the temptation of re-joining the JCPOA. Breathing life into an expiring accord will not help dampen the Islamic Republic’s nuclear, missile, and military threats.
Op-eds
Parsing Iranian Responses to the Killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi
2020 has proven to be a tough year for the Islamic Republic of Iran. It began with the killing of its most important general and terrorist mastermind, Qassem Soleimani, and now appears to be ending...
Op-eds
Key Targets Remain for U.S. Sanctions on Iran
The U.S. Department of the Treasury last week sanctioned the Mustazafan Foundation, one of three critical holdings in the business empire of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Trump administration,...
Policy Briefs
U.S. Should Sanction Key Iranian Automobile Companies
Iranian Air Force commander Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh announced earlier this month that the Air Force and the Iranian automobile manufacturer SAIPA would co-produce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)...
Policy Briefs
The IRGC runs for high office in Tehran
It’s not every day that a former hostage-taker and a man essential to the founding of a designated terrorist organization throws his hat into the ring for president, not even in the Islamic Republic of...
Op-eds
More Evidence Suggests Iran’s Nuclear Shopping Sprees Persist
When it comes to the regime in Iran, the adage “old habits die hard” could not be truer. Even amid a negligent and botched response to the coronavirus pandemic, Tehran’s leaders are investing precious...