Tehran Upholds Death Sentence Against Iranian Academic
A group of United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday called on Iran to annul its deat...
Supreme Court of the United States
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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’...
Press Releases
Words Have Consequences: Palestinian Authority Incitement to Violence
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Legislative Testimonies
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...
Op-eds
Taking the Iran Deal Disaster Seriously
The best approach to Iran in the wake of President Obama’s deal is to recognize the complex nature of the problem, and the absolute need for a well-considered and comprehensive approach. Th...
Op-eds
Argentina is Still Helping Iran Cover Up its Role in the Bombing of a Jewish Community Center
July 18th marks 21 years since the largest terrorist attack in Argentina’s history: the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 individuals and wounded...
Op-eds
Analysis: Rouhani’s Anti-Gay Policies Mirror His Predecessor
Shortly after the election of Iran’s self-described moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani as president in 2013, the gay Iranian poet Payam Feili concluded, prophetically and pessimistically: &ldqu...
Op-eds
The Longest Hatred
Robert S. Wistrich, who died suddenly last week, was considered the foremost scholar of anti-Semitism, which he called “the longest hatred,” one that appears to be metastasizing in th...