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February 23, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

EU Parliament Politicians Call for a Full Ban of Hezbollah

Members of the European Union parliament sent a letter on Thursday to EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, urging her to classify all of the Lebanese organization Hezbollah as a terrorist e...

April 4, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany Rebukes Institute for Hosting Pro-Hezbollah Academic

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration reprimanded the Max Planck Institute for sponsoring an Islamic propaganda event featuring the pro-Hezbollah US academic Norman Finkelstein....

June 17, 2015 | Clifford D. May |

The Road to ‘Entropy on a Scale Not Seen in Centuries’

Lt. Gen Michael T. Flynn (ret.) served 33 years in the U.S. Army. Being named President Obama’s director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2012 was the culmination of his career. He tho...

May 26, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Why Iran’s Failure to Protect Religious Minorities Doesn’t Bode Well For Nuclear Deal

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s tenure has been marked by intensified persecution and incarceration of Baha’is, Jews, Christians and Sunni Muslims, according to a new report from t...

March 27, 2015 | Annie Fixler |

Dealing with Iran: Get It in Writing

On March 25th, the New York Times ...

November 18, 2014 | Mark Dubowitz |

FDD Executive Director to Testify Before Congress Thursday on Iran Nuclear Deal and its Implications

WASHINGTON – Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday afternoon on &...

January 2, 2013 | |

FDD Praises New Iran Sanctions in Defense Authorization Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – With the United States and its key European allies preparing to enter negotiations over Iran’s unlawful nuclear a...

December 20, 2012 | |

FDD Commends Congress for New Iran Sanctions

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – With the United States and its key European allies soon to enter negotiations over Iran’s un...

July 12, 2012 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service |

Talk to Iran

But this time talk to the people– not their oppressors.

July 5, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

Will Energy Sanctions Stop Iran’s Nuke Program?

The European Union on Sunday implemented tough new energy sanctions, denying Iranian crude oil imports to EU markets. There is, however, a growing consensus that the US and its allies need to fur...

June 29, 2012 | Mark Dubowitz Foreign Policy |

Battle Rial

To end Iran's nuclear program, it's time for America to step up its economic warfare.

May 17, 2012 | Mark Dubowitz

Iran Sanctions: Strategy, Implementation and Enforcement

Download the full testimony here (PDF)....

April 18, 2012 | Clifford D. May |

Liberate ‘Zones of Electronic Repression’!

Islamists shouldn’t be allowed to use Western technology to crush dissent.

April 16, 2012 | Mark Dubowitz |

Tearing Down Iran’s Electronic Curtain

Western companies have provided the technology that enables Tehran's Internet censorship.

April 13, 2012 | Mark Dubowitz |

Tearing Down Iran’s Electronic Curtain

Western companies have provided the technology that enables Tehran's Internet oppression.

September 20, 2011 | Mark Dubowitz |

Why Isn’t Ahmadinejad on a No-Fly List?

This week, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is making his annual visit to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly. This time, Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's foreign minister a...

May 16, 2011 |

House Goes First with New Iran Sanctions Bill

Both the House and Senate are preparing new legislation to increase pressure on Iran, but the House fired the opening salvo on Monday with a new bill authored by both heads of the Foreign Affairs C...

May 5, 2011 |

Bipartisan Bill on Iran Seeks More Support for Dissidents

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that would increase U.S. support for Iranian dissidents and impose new sanctions on companies that aid the ruling regime. The...

May 4, 2011 |

FDD Praises Release of Human Rights Bill and Releases Report Naming Companies Providing Tools of Opp

Press Release May 4, 2011 CONTACT: David Donadio(202) [email protected]   FDD Praises Release of Human Rights Bill and Releases Report Naming Companies Providing Tools of Oppression Used by the Iranian Regime to Brutalize Its

May 4, 2011 | Washington Post

Lawmakers Introduce Human Rights into Iran Sanctions Debate

A quartet of lawmakers have banded together to raise the prospect of human right sanctions against Iran. A press release reads, in part: The Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act of...