Sanctions against Iran

April 26, 2024 | |

90-Day Clock For Iran Sanctions Begins Pursuant to New U.S. Laws

President Joe Biden must determine within 90 days whether to impose key sanctions on Iran pursuant to the supplemental appropriations package signed into law on April 24. The package...

October 31, 2019 | Aykan Erdemir, Brenna Knippen

Erdogan Continues to Reward Iran Sanctions Evaders

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced yesterday that it will sell its 10 percent stake in the Istanbul stock exchange after Turkey named as its CEO a Turkish banker convicted...

September 26, 2018 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Reports of Corruption Reinforce Case for Iran Sanctions

“The Iranian people are rightly outraged,” President Trump ...

August 29, 2018 | Richard Goldberg, Behnam Ben Taleblu

You Can Run, but You Can’t Hide From Iran Sanctions

As the U.S. begins to reimpose tough sanctions on Iran, defenders of the 2015 nuclear deal are peddling myths. They say Russia, China and India will evade sanctions. They claim oil prices will skyrock...

January 8, 2018 | Mark Dubowitz |

Trump Faces Pivotal Decisions on Iran Sanctions

The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement faces a potentially fateful week, with a series of deadlines a...

April 14, 2016 | |

U.S. Frowns on New Iran Sanctions by Congress After Missile Test

A top Treasury Department official argued against imposing new legislative sanctions on Iran after its ballistic missile tests last month, even as he said the Islamic Republic would remain blocke...

April 8, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz |

FPI Conference Call: Implications of Granting Iran Access to U.S. Financial Market

On April 7, 2016, the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI) hosted a conference call about the implications of the Obama administration’s plan to grant Iran access to the U.S. financial system. M...

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...

June 29, 2015 | Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler FDD - Roubini Report

Iran’s Economic Resilience Against Snapback Sanctions Will Grow Over Time

FDD - Roubini Report

March 25, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Saeed Ghasseminejad

The Sanctions on Iran Are Already Falling Apart

The Obama administration insists that the November 2013 interim nuclear deal with Iran gave Tehran’s economy only limited sanctions relief and that it can respond to Iranian misbe...

January 22, 2015 | FDD Press Release |

FDD Executive Director to Testify Before Congress Tuesday on the Critical Demand for Iran Sanctions

Hearing rescheduled from January 20

January 16, 2015 | FDD Press Release |

FDD Executive Director to Testify Before Congress Tuesday on Iran Sanctions

WASHINGTON – Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, will testify before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs...

October 20, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Are EU Sanctions Against Iran Beginning to Evaporate?

BERLIN - Two pro-Iran business events in Europe coalesced last week, revealing an assault on the hard-fought US-EU sanctions architecture to isolate the Islamic Republic. The first Europe-Iran Fo...

March 19, 2014 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Sanctions Against Iran Should Focus On Powerful Revolutionary Guards

Co-authored by Saeed Ghasseminejad Since Hassan Rouhani’s election as the new president of Iran in June 2013, the Islamic Republic has been on a ‘charm offensiv...

February 6, 2014 | Mark Dubowitz |

Why New Iran Sanctions Are So Important

Trade delegations are clamoring to get into Iran. Economists are now seeing signs of economic recovery after years of sanctions in response to Iran’s illicit nuclear program. And...

January 9, 2014 | Mark Dubowitz |

Pressure Mounts on Reid as 58 Senators Back Iran Sanctions

In a surprise development in Congress, a long-building effort to impose new sanctions on Iran has reached a near-filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Despite months of White House lobbying ag...

January 2, 2013 | |

FDD Praises New Iran Sanctions in Defense Authorization Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – With the United States and its key European allies preparing to enter negotiations over Iran’s unlawful nuclear a...

May 17, 2012 | Mark Dubowitz

Iran Sanctions: Strategy, Implementation and Enforcement

Download the full testimony here (PDF)....

February 2, 2012 | Mark Dubowitz, Jonathan Schanzer

Canceling the Mullahs’ Credit Card

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, better known as SWIFT, is a...

February 17, 2011 | Jerusalem Post

US Seeks to Tighten Sanctions Against Iran

WASHINGTON – As protesters take to the streets in Tehran and the Obama administration heightens its rhetoric against Iran, the US Congress is also looking to turn up the heat on the regime....