After ‘Post’ reports, Olympic Committee to probe Iranian wrestler’s execution
Iran plans to execute Navid Afkari for his peaceful protests against the mismanagement of the country
Supreme Court of the United States
Ex US intel head urges Olympics to probe Iran’s execution of wrestler
The former US acting director of national intelligence on Wednesday urged the organizers of the Olympics to intervene in the slated execution of an Iranian national champion wrestler.
Op-eds
Hezbollah Operative Assad Ahmad Barakat Extradited to Paraguay
Brazilian authorities extradited Hezbollah financier Assad Ahmad Barakat to Paraguay on Friday, dealing a key blow to the terrorist group. Barakat, now awaiting trial, belongs to a powerful Lebanese Shiite...
Policy Briefs
Big Takeaways from the Biden-Sanders Debate
Our experts weigh in on the first head-to-head debate between the two main remaining Democratic contenders.
Op-eds
Justice triumphant
The story of an American who overcame should be told around the world
Op-eds
Daughter of Hitler’s War Minister to be Honored with German-Jewish Award
Hilde Schramm, who lives in Berlin, was a former Green Party politician in the city. In 1994, she founded the Zurückgeben Foundation, whose name can be translated as “restitution” or “to give back.”
Op-eds
Bring Asia Bibi to America
She lives in an unfree and intolerant nation, and her life is in imminent danger.
Op-eds
U.S. Ambassador asks Germany: Stop Iranian Airline from use of Airspace
The new US ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, requested the German government to block Iran’s Mahan Air from flying within German airspace and deny it landing rights in the country bec...
Op-eds
Tehran Upholds Death Sentence Against Iranian Academic
A group of United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday called on Iran to annul its deat...
Policy Briefs
FDD Files Amicus Brief in Support of the Families of Victims of Iranian Terrorism
Washington, D.C., Dec. 1, 2017 – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) has filed a ‘...
Press Releases
The U.S. Sanctions Venezuela’s President
On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The designation came a...
Policy Briefs
Erdogan’s Referendum Ploy
Turkey is heading toward a critical referendum on April 16 to decide whether to transform the country’s parliamentary system into a centralized presidential one. Since his election in Augus...
Op-eds
American Renewal
Slowly and perhaps even surely, Donald Trump is pulling together a team he believes can help him achieve his goals. Which are what exactly? The most basic are given to him in Article II,...
Op-eds
The Tide Turns
First and foremost: Nothing is more pivotal to democratic governance then holding free and fair elections that lead to a peaceful transference of power. Over the past week, Donald Trump, Hillary...
Op-eds
Palestine’s Democratic Deficit
Co-written by Mor Yahalom. Last Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority postponed&nb...
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Terrorism and economic warfare
Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market bills itself as the “heartbeat of Israeli culinary art.” Dozens of small restaurants and shops offer cheese, wine, bread, fish, olives, pasta, burgers &...
Op-eds
Iran Still Owes $53 Billion in Unpaid U.S. Court Judgments to American Victims of Iranian Terrorism
FDD Research Memo
Memos
Statement by Mark Dubowitz on today’s Supreme Court ruling on Bank Markazi vs. Peterson
Washington, DC -- This ruling is a victory for American victims of Iranian terrorism, and a strike against the Iranian regime that has long been a state sponsor of terrorism. Hopefully there will...
Press Releases
Iran’s Center for Illicit Finance
Iranian Central Bank Governor Valiollah Seif is in Washington this week to attend summits at the...
Policy Briefs
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...