Supreme Court of the United States

November 13, 2019 | Clifford D. May

Justice triumphant

The story of an American who overcame should be told around the world

January 3, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal

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.”

November 14, 2018 | Clifford D. May |

Bring Asia Bibi to America

She lives in an unfree and intolerant nation, and her life is in imminent danger.

June 21, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

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...

December 22, 2017 | Tzvi Kahn |

Tehran Upholds Death Sentence Against Iranian Academic

A group of United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday called on Iran to annul its deat...

December 1, 2017 |

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 ‘...

August 2, 2017 |

The U.S. Sanctions Venezuela’s President

On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The designation came a...

April 7, 2017 | Aykan Erdemir |

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...

November 30, 2016 | Clifford D. May

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,...

November 16, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

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...

October 12, 2016 | Grant Rumley |

Palestine’s Democratic Deficit

Co-written by Mor Yahalom. Last Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority postponed&nb...

June 15, 2016 | Clifford D. May

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 &...

May 6, 2016 | Orde Kittrie

Iran Still Owes $53 Billion in Unpaid U.S. Court Judgments to American Victims of Iranian Terrorism

FDD Research Memo

April 20, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz |

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...

April 15, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler

Iran’s Center for Illicit Finance

Iranian Central Bank Governor Valiollah Seif is in Washington this week to attend summits at the...

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...

March 4, 2016 | David B. Rivkin, Jr.

Apple, the FBI and free speech: Column

It would be one thing if Apple could carry out a court order that it unlock an iPhone used by the San Bernardino terrorists simply by waving a magic wand. But encryption isn’t magic; the or...

January 12, 2016 | |

FDD Files Amicus Brief in Support of Victims of Iranian Terrorism for Supreme Court Case

Washington, DC —The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) has filed a ‘friend of the court’...

October 20, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer

Words Have Consequences: Palestinian Authority Incitement to Violence

Download full testimony here....

October 1, 2015 | Mark Dubowitz |

Supreme Court, Congress Take on Iran Terrorism Judgments

The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a dispute over $1.75 billion in terrorism-related judgments against Iran while lawmakers moved to keep congressionally-imposed sanctions on the country u...