Canada’s House of Commons Presses Trudeau to Designate IRGC
The Canadian House of Commons unanimously passed a motion on May 8 to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization under the Criminal Code....
Toby Dershowitz
UN Votes to Remove Iran From Women’s Rights Commission
The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) decided today by a vote of 29-8, with 16 abstentions, to remove Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The decision reflects women’s second-class status across the Islamic Republic. The rights of women have taken center stage in the protests now consuming Iran: The regime’s killing of 23-year-old Mahsa Amini, whom security forces had arrested for allegedly violating Tehran’s hijab laws, triggered the demonstrations now nearing their fourth month with no end in sight.
Flash Briefs
Iranian intelligence plot reaches US soil — and should complicate negotiations
Excerpt In mid-July, the Department of Justice charged that the Islamic Republic of Iran directed four intelligence operatives to kidnap Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist, from her home...
Op-eds
Australia, Canada Take Steps on Hezbollah and Hamas Terrorism Designations
An Australian parliamentary committee recommended on June 22 that the government list the entirety of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, an expansion beyond Australia’s current listing of only Hezbollah’s...
Policy Briefs
Ukraine Calls Out Iran’s Lack of Transparency in Airliner Case
An Iranian military prosecutor announced on Tuesday the indictment of 10 unnamed individuals in connection to the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752. In response, Ukraine’s Ministry...
Policy Briefs
Canadian Report Underscores Iran’s Culpability in Downing of Ukrainian Airliner
Last week, Ralph Goodale, special advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, released a comprehensive report detailing the significant flaws in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s investigation into...
Policy Briefs
Hezbollah’s History with Ammonium Nitrate: The Danger to Europe
Ambassador Nathan Sales, U.S. coordinator for counterterrorism at the Department of State, announced last week that Hezbollah has transported and stored ammonium nitrate throughout Europe. While the disclosure...
Policy Briefs
Khamenei Uses Iran State TV to Turn a Profit Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is profiting during the coronavirus outbreak from contracts with state entities complicit in torture, according to a newly leaked video of a meeting of Iran’s...
Policy Briefs
FATF Reimposes Countermeasures on Iran for Failing to Meet Anti-Money Laundering Standards
Today, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) followed through on its October 2019 commitment to re-impose due-diligence countermeasures on Iran if Tehran failed – as it has since 2016 – to complete...
Policy Briefs
Erdogan to visit White House after welcoming Iranian terrorist to Turkey
President Donald Trump will host Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House tomorrow; the timing of Erdogan’s visit is awkward because his government just hosted an Iranian official implicated...
Policy Briefs
Syria’s Rukban Refugee Camp: U.S. Strategic and Humanitarian Interests
The UN is urgently seeking approval to dispatch an aid convoy t...
Policy Briefs
How Trump and Merkel can fix the Iranian nuclear deal
When German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with President Trump at the White House tomorrow, the looming deadline to waive sanctions against Iran will likely top the agenda. With the May 12 deadl...