Patriot Act
Return of the Sanctions: Banks Should Steer Clear of the Central Bank of Iran
The U.S. Treasury Department has set its crosshairs on two more Iranian illicit finance schemes. Late last week, Washington designated a network spanning Iran and the United Arab Emirates that ha...
Op-eds
Australia must not be duped into softening its stance on Iran
China and North Korea topped the list of mutual security concerns last week when Malcolm Turnbull met US President Donald Trump in Washington. The meetings were widely viewed as positive...
Op-eds
How Washington Can Counter the Rise of Hezbollah
Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia and political party, is now the most powerful actor in&n...
Op-eds
Managing Terrorism Financing Risk in Remittances and Money Transfers
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Legislative Testimonies
Congress and the Administration Need to Reinvigorate HIFPA
On December 18, 2015, the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act (HIFPA) was signed into law by President Obama after yea...
Policy Briefs
Risks of Doing Business with Iran
FDD Background Resource Guide
Memos
Hezbollah in Latin America is a threat the US cannot ignore
The convergence of Iran-sponsored radical Islam with transnational organized crime in Latin America is a serious threat to the national security of the United States, especially in the tri-border...
Op-eds
Countering Russia: Further Assessing Options for Sanctions
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Legislative Testimonies
Auditing Standards for Clients Doing Business with Iran
FDD Research
Memos
To Combat Illegal Immigration, Trump Should Target Latin America’s Hezbollah-Narco Nexus
President-elect Donald Trump staked much of his successful campaign on stopping illegal immigration. Yet the flow of migrants is symptomatic of a much larger danger to U....
Op-eds
Iran Concessions Would Erode Anti-Money Laundering Standards
The 10-year extension of the Iran Sanction Act (ISA) – a 1996 law imposing sanctions on Tehran’s trade, energy, defense, and banking sectors over its nuclear program, ballistic-missil...
Policy Briefs
Don’t Give Iran Cash
Iran is once again the center of a heated debate between the Barack Obama administration and Republicans in Congress, this time over whether the United States’ $1.7...
Op-eds
The Iran Nuclear Agreement: One Year Later
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Legislative Testimonies
Don’t Politicize Sanctions
In a speech yesterday before the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew argue...
Policy Briefs
Green Lighting the Greenback
In the past two weeks, Congress has pressed Treasury Secretary Ja...
Policy Briefs
Using Financial Sticks to Control Iran
As Congress considers the Iranian nuclear deal, it should also prepare a strategy to use U.S. financial and economic power aggressively against a broad array of Iranian thre...
Op-eds
The Iran Nuclear Deal and its Impact on Terrorism Financing
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Legislative Testimonies
It Just Got Easier for Iran to Fund Terrorism
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, did not enter into Tuesday’s historic deal with six world powers to reset relations with the West. It was the promise of more than $100...
Op-eds
Evaluating the Security of the U.S. Financial Sector
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