State-sponsored terrorism

February 4, 2025 | Natalie Ecanow |

With Qatar, the Biden Administration Left Cards on the Table. Trump Should Play Them.

No Qataris were visible in the chilling footage of the October 7, 2023, Hamas atrocities that President Trump saw this week for the first time. But figuratively, they were right there. Qatar is not...

December 3, 2023 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Stop With the Nice Words on Qatar

David Barnea, the head of Israel’s Mossad, announced Saturday that he was withdrawing the Israeli negotiating team from the Gulf Arab emirate of Qatar. The announcement signaled the end of the hostage...

January 15, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer, Matthew Zweig

The Biden Administration and Congress Should Support the Houthi Terror Designations

The Trump administration designated the Iranian-backed Houthi organization, or Ansar Allah, as both a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) on January 11....

October 28, 2020 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Celebrating a crucial milestone for the people of Sudan and for the United States

Diplomatic breakthrough marks the end of Sudan being controlled by war criminals and terrorists

June 16, 2017 | |

FATF Leadership and Iranian Accountability

Read and download "Risks of Doing Business with Iran" The multi...

January 16, 2017 | Jonathan Schanzer

Easing Sanctions on Sudan Erodes U.S. Leverage

The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Friday...

July 25, 2016 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Will Iran wordsmith its way off our terrorism list? It certainly is trying

Iran is on a diplomatic offensive to persuade global illicit finance regulators to accept that Hezbollah is not a terrorist group. It may be just a matter of time before the international body in...

July 11, 2016 | Tyler Stapleton |

Taxing American Businesses that Partner with Iran

American businesses have been looking to break into the Iranian market ever since the signing of last summer’s nuclear agreement, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Major firms...

November 5, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer

Iran’s Power Projection Capability

Chairman DeSantis, Ranking Member Lynch, members of this subcommittee on national security, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and its Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance,...

June 26, 2015 | |

Nuclear Bargains And State Department Backlogs

Should a final deal emerge from the Iran nuclear talks, now nearing a June 30 deadline, Congress will expect reports from the President every six months on whether Iran is in compliance. These re...

May 13, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer, Mark Dubowitz

No Such Thing As a Good Iranian Bank?

With a new round of talks underway this week in Vienna, American officials are brimming with optimism concerning the possibility of a nuclear deal by the summer. Worryingly, Iran appears poised t...

February 20, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Terrorism Finance in Turkey: A Growing Concern

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February 17, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn |

DNI Clapper: ‘Shotgun Marriage’ Between Iran and Al Qaeda

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper called the relationship between Iran and al Qaeda a “shotgun marriage” during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursd...

February 17, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Treasury: Iranian Intelligence Supporting al Qaeda

The US Treasury Department today designated the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) "for its s...

September 23, 2011 | Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

US Designates Hamas Operative Linked to Iran, al Qaeda

Today the US State Department added Muhammad Hisham Muhammad Isma'il Abu Ghazala, a Hamas operative who is linked to Iran and al Qaeda and fought with Ansar al Islam in Iraq, to the list of...

June 15, 2011 | World Defense Review

Zimbabwe’s Runoff Rip-off

Three months ago, Zimbabweans went to the polls and by a clear majority repudiated the nearly three-decade misrule of the Zimbabwe Africa National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) in general and t...