Stuart A. Levey

November 13, 2023 | |

Israel Moves Against Pro-Hezbollah TV Station’s Local Operations 

Latest Developments  Israel on November 13 approved a crackdown on the local operations of a pro-Hezbollah TV station that has been inciting against it during the Gaza war. The decision against...

November 21, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany sanctions Iran’s Bank Sepah

Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has announced that it has imposed a credit ban on Iran’s Bank Sepah for violating the country’s credit law....

October 26, 2016 | David Weinberg

Don’t Let Wahhabism Off the Hook

Now that American victims of terrorism can sue Saudi Arabia on allegations of facilitating 9/11, the kingdom's counterterrorism record is under the microscope like never before....

July 21, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Treasury designates 3 senior al Qaeda members in Iran

The Treasury Department announced today that three senior al Qaeda members have been added to the US...

June 16, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler

The Obama Administration Needs to Stand Strong on Iran Sanctions

Washington has already made unparalleled concessions to Tehran. And if President Obama has forgotten that Iran is still a rogue state, thank God that banks still remember. Ira...

June 14, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler

Don’t Buy the Spin: Iran is Getting Economic Relief

FDD-Roubini Report

February 12, 2016 | Annie Fixler |

Global Banks Wrestle with Iran’s Return

The Bank of England, according to a report from the Financial Times last week, reacti...

October 30, 2015 |

Saudi Textbooks Propagate Intolerance

Here we go again.  According to a new government report, Saudi Arabia published yet another year’s worth of public school textbooks that promote hateful ideas. This represents only the...

September 28, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Despite Nuclear Deal, Iran Remains Dangerous for European Banks

The closure by Commerzbank this month of an account belonging to supporters of Hezbollah and the Tehran regime opens a window into the challenges faced by financial institutions seeking to re-ent...

April 21, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer

A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing

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March 24, 2015 | |

Lesson Of An Iran Sanctions Saga In Seoul

SEOUL — If international sanctions on Iran are lifted pronto — a condition Iran is demanding as part of any nuclear deal — how hard might it be to reimpose them, in the likely e...

November 22, 2013 | |

Iran’s Chief Negotiator

Along with President Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is yet another arrow in the quiver of the Islamic Republic’s charm offensive. The chief negotiator at...

November 4, 2013 | |

Iran’s Worrisome Shipping News

Bravo to the European Union, whose authorities are seeking ways to maintain sanctions on Iran's national cargo...

August 27, 2013 | FDD Policy Brief |

Iran’s New Central Bank Chief

President Hassan Rouhani this week...

February 20, 2013 | |

Meet Iran’s Ambassador to the UN

In a sold-out event, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad Khazaee, will be speaking Wednesday evening...

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...

November 15, 2011 | Mark Dubowitz

Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran

      Opening Remarks Q and A Introduction...

November 15, 2011 | Mark Dubowitz Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations |

Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran

      Opening Remarks Q and A Introduction...

July 29, 2011 | The Long War Journal |

Treasury Targets Iran’s ‘Secret Deal’ with al Qaeda

The US Treasury Department has designated six al Qaeda members who work for a terrorist headquartered in Iran. The Treasury Department explained that the six operatives are members of an al Qaeda...

June 15, 2011 | Portuguese Institute for International Relations |

Making the Difficult Decisions: Europe’s Role and Challenge in Averting a Nuclear Iran

By Joshua Goodman The Iranian nuclear program is sometimes portrayed as the one foreign policy issue on which Americans and Europeans have come to the same conclusion and taken...