How Iran Shapes Hezbollah
Following the mysterious death of Hezbollah senior military commander Mustafa Badreddine in Syria last week, speculation continues to swirl over the identity of his possible successor. The prevai...
Supreme Leader of Iran
Iran Accountability Week
Introduction: Chairman Munson, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to appear before this distinguished committee. I applaud the Canadian Parliament for t...
Congressional Testimonies
The Rushdie Affair and the Outsourcing of Murder
The recent attacks in Brussels, for which ISIS took credit, reminded the West that no country is immune from Islamist terrorism. All democratic nations must match action to rhetoric in decisively...
Op-eds
Hillary Clinton, Neocon?
With terror in Brussels swamping the news cycle last week, speeches delivered to AIPAC’s Policy Conference by four leading U.S. presidential candidates,&n...
Op-eds
Hassan Rouhani, ‘Moderates’ and Iran’s Post-Election Path
The recent elections in Iran sparked intense debat...
Op-eds
Missouri State Senate Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and Local Government
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Congressional Testimonies
Hardliners Set to Dominate Iran’s February Elections
The Obama administration hopes that the Iran nuclear deal reached last July can “strengthen the hand” of Iran&rs...
Policy Briefs
Rouhani’s Pyrrhic Victory
“Today is a historical day,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said as the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 nations – the UN Security Council and Germany – agreed...
Op-eds
Iran Terror Financing and the Tax Code
Despite the fanfare over the recently reached Iran deal, the Iranian regime remains involved in a range of destabilizing activities and illicit conduct. Recently, Iran tested a missile capable of...
Congressional Testimonies
Iran’s Military Budget is Going to Get a Huge Boost From the Nuclear Deal
Post-nuclear deal Iran has shown the will to spend more on its military adventures in the Middle East and beyond, even though the price of oil has stayed low. The Joint Comprehensi...
Op-eds
The Iran Deal: Persisting Problems
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Op-eds
Using Financial Sticks to Control Iran
As Congress considers the Iranian nuclear deal, it should also prepare a strategy to use U.S. financial and economic power aggressively against a broad array of Iranian thre...
Op-eds
Even Seemingly Harmless Investments in Iran Will Flow to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
Proponents of the Iran nuclear agreement say...
Op-eds
The Implications of Sanctions Relief Under the Iran Agreement
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Congressional Testimonies
Iran Reacts to Nuclear Deal with Belligerence, Threats
The U.S. administration hopes the Iran nuclear deal signed this week “incenti...
Policy Briefs
Snap-Back: A Journey Through Iranian Sanctions Evasion in Georgia
Two Iranian truck drivers sat idly in the parking area of the Poti Free Industrial Zone(FIZ), waiting for customs authoriti...
Op-eds
The Iranian ‘Deep State’ is Trying to Buy an Oil Refinery in Switzerland
Iranians hit the streets earlier this month to celebrate a nucle...
Op-eds
A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
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Congressional Testimonies
Khamenei’s Choice to Head Powerful Charity Bolsters the IRGC
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Parviz Fattah as the new head of the...
Policy Briefs
New FDD Report Provides In-Depth Analysis of Iranian Leaders Engaged in Nuclear Talks
Read full report here WASHINGTON – A new monograph released to...