Former Government Officials, Policy Experts Support SWIFT Sanctions on Iran
FDD scholars among 30 experts who urge removing Iranian banks from financial service
Timothy Geithner
Perspectives on the Strategic Necessity of Iran Sanctions
Chairman Shelby, Ranking Member Brown, members of the Committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), thank you for inviting me to testify today. I am honored to be testi...
Congressional Testimonies
Moscow’s American Uranium
By Matt Baker The state-owned Russian nuclear energy company that built Iran’s nuclear reactor in Bushehr is about to finalize a transaction that will give Russia absolute...
Op-eds
Das Gift
How Angela Merkel's bold plan to save Europe may have just saved Barack Obama.
Op-eds
Sanctioning Iran’s Central Bank: An Important Step Too Long in Coming
Washington is abuzz with speculation about a possible interim deal that might help defuse the brewing crisis over Iran's nuclear program. Color me skeptical. That said, one thing se...
Op-eds
Sanctioning Iran’s Central Bank: An Important Step Too Long in Coming
Washington is abuzz with speculation about a possible interim deal that might help defuse the brewing crisis over Iran's nuclear program. Color me skeptical. That said, one thing se...
Op-eds
Iran Sanctions: Strategy, Implementation and Enforcement
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Congressional Testimonies
The Thirty-Year War
Iran policy goes from failure to failure.
Op-eds
Congress Members Confront French Company Over Iranian Weapons
Berlin—In separate efforts, Republican congressmen Mike Conaway and Peter King have confronted the world's third largest shipping company—the French-owned CMA CGM—for enabl...
Op-eds
How the Obama Administration Can Get Serious About Iran Sanctions
The Obama administration made the correct decision earlier this week to impose sanctions on Belarusneft, a subsidiary of the Belarusian petrochemical company Belneftekhim, for doing business with...
Op-eds
Congressman: US Policy on Iran Shows ‘Weakness’
WASHINGTON – A top Democratic member of Congress chastised the Obama administration Thursday for deploying sanctions against Iran merely in a "symbolic" way that he warned could signal weakness t...
Op-eds
How the Obama Administration Can Get Serious About Iran Sanctions
The Obama administration made the correct decision earlier this week to impose sanctions on Belarusneft, a subsidiary of the Belarusian petrochemical company Belneftekhim, for doing business with I...
Op-eds
Texans Uneasy Over Chinese Oil Investment in Lone Star State
The mainstream news has been relatively quiet in the last month about a recent and significant Chinese investment in South Texas oil. But Tom Pauken, chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission, has...
Op-eds
FDD Applauds Obama Administration for Targeting Iran’s Energy Industry
Press Release June 16, 2010 CONTACT: Judy Mayka 202-621-3948 [email protected] FDD Applauds Obama Administration for Targeting Iran's...
Press Releases
Treasury’s New Iran Sanctions
On Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury announced targeted financial sanctions on a formidable list of Iranian companies, persons, and entities. Some of the designations specifically target Iran's n...
Op-eds
EU Okays Iran Energy Sanctions
WASHINGTON – The European Union, for the first time, approved energy sanctions as part of a package of strong steps imposed against Iran Thursday, adding to US efforts to build on the recent pass...
Op-eds
FDD Applauds Obama Administration for Targeting Iran’s Energy Industry
Press Release June 16, 2010 CONTACT: Judy Mayka [email protected] FDD Applauds Obama Administration for Targeting Iran's Energy Industry Washington, D.C. (June 16, 2010) - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)
Op-eds
Obama’s Enforcer
Stuart Levey is the last person to put you in mind of Tony Soprano. Slight and good-natured, he pooh-poohs the notion that what he does for a living is a kind of genteel arm-twisting—intended to,...
Op-eds
Hitting Tehran Where It Hurts
After three decades of an Islamic revolution that has neither upheld Islam's virtues nor brought revolutionary change from repression, many Iranians have had enough. But political transformation, i...
Op-eds
Obama The Appeaser?
Imagine Reagan tearing down 'that wall' with 'engagement.'