How Sanctions Can Help Bring Home American Hostages
The Levinson Act allows the administration to target individuals, not just organizations.
Robert Levinson
The Coronavirus Is Absolutely No Excuse To Lift Sanctions on Iran
Exploiting Iran's coronavirus crisis to demand an end to sanctions is fundamentally dishonest—and panders to a brutal regime.
Op-eds
U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Officials Tied to Iran’s Supreme Leader
The United States on Monday sanctioned Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS) and nine individuals responsible for implementing the extremist policies – both at home and abroad – of Iran’s supreme...
Policy Briefs
The Iran Nuclear Agreement: One Year Later
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Congressional Testimonies
Understanding the Role of Sanctions Under the Iran Deal
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Congressional Testimonies
Left at the Mercy of the Mullahs
Since the Central Intelligence Agency contractor Robert Levinson disappeared after a trip to the Iranian island of Kish in 2007, journalists, government officials and the curious have asked me: O...
Op-eds
Terrorism, Missiles and Corruption: The Risks of Economic Engagement with Iran
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Congressional Testimonies
Analysis: Iran’s Hostage-taking of Americans Shows It Can’t Be Housebroken
Iran's refusal to release American hostages gets at the heart of some of the skepticism voiced by critics that the July nuclear deal will help the Islamic Republic reenter the international...
Op-eds
US Hostage on Trial in Tehran
To its credit, the Washington Post continues to denounce the Iranian regime’s detention of its Tehran correspondent, Jason Rezaian, and we ...
Op-eds
Iran Rising
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Op-eds
Obama and Ashton’s Non-Existent Red Lines in Tehran?
The EU’s top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, made her first visit to Iran Saturday on International Women’s Day. Her main goal was to rehabilitate the anti-Western mullah regime as a part...