Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence

January 2, 2025 | |

‘Sought to Divide the American People’: U.S. Sanctions Iranian and Russian Entities Pushing Disinformation

Russia and Iran Conducted Targeted Disinformation Campaigns: The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on two entities from Iran and Russia on December 31 for their attempts to influence...

October 16, 2024 | David May, Pavak Patel

U.S., Canada Designate Samidoun a Sham Charity Front for the PFLP Terrorist Group

The U.S. Department of the Treasury, in a joint action with the Canadian government, designated the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and Khaled Barakat on October 15 for raising funds on...

July 26, 2024 | |

Iran Orchestrating Online Campaign of Threats Against Israeli Olympic Athletes

Latest Developments The Israel National Cyber Directorate announced on July 25 that Iran was behind an online intimidation campaign targeting Israeli athletes competing in the Paris Olympics. Hackers...

May 29, 2021 | Eric B. Lorber, Matthew Zweig

Is Biden trying to avoid congressional review of Russia sanctions?

Excerpt Last month, the White House unveiled a sweeping new executive order (EO) authorizing a wide range of sanctions against Russia. While laudable as a product and effort to expand the Russia sanctions...

May 11, 2021 | Tony Badran, Emanuele Ottolenghi

Hezbollah’s al-Qard al-Hasan and Lebanon’s Banking Sector

April 29, 2021 | Tzvi Kahn |

Biden and Obama Previously Defended Non-Nuclear Sanctions on Iran

January 8, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Hezbollah: Narco-Terror and Crime in Latin America

Will the Biden administration go after Hezbollah’s drug trafficking and money laundering networks? Hezbollah’s direct involvement in the drug trade is well documented, ongoing, and a threat to U.S national...

November 19, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

No, It’s Not Surprising That Abu Muhammad al-Masri Was Living in Iran

The Islamic Republic and al-Qaeda have a long history of cooperation.

May 14, 2020 | Tzvi Kahn, Allyson Gaines

Obama Officials Support U.S. Unilateral Snapback of Iran Sanctions

When Iran and world powers concluded the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), President Barack Obama and senior officials in his administration repeatedly...

December 11, 2019 | Aykan Erdemir, Varsha Koduvayur

Brothers in Arms

The Consolidation of the Turkey-Qatar Axis

May 9, 2019 | Jonathan Schanzer, Nicole Salter

Oman in the Middle

Muscat’s Balancing Act Between Iran and America

September 5, 2017 | |

It’s Time to Get Tough on China and Russia about North Korea

North Korea conducted its sixth and largest nuclea...

August 3, 2017 | David Weinberg

Qatar is worst in the region on counterterrorism, but other Gulf monarchies are not off the hook

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reportedly ...

July 17, 2017 |

Risks of Doing Business with Iran

FDD Background Resource Guide

July 21, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Treasury designates 3 senior al Qaeda members in Iran

The Treasury Department announced today that three senior al Qaeda members have been added to the US...

May 26, 2016 | |

How Iran Taints the Dollar

For the past two months, a debate has raged between the Obama administration and Congress over whether last summer’s nuclear deal provides Tehran access to dollars outside of the U.S. finan...

February 12, 2016 | Annie Fixler |

Global Banks Wrestle with Iran’s Return

The Bank of England, according to a report from the Financial Times last week, reacti...

August 19, 2015 |

Analysis: Qatar Still Negligent on Terror Finance

The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on August 5 against two Qatari nationals accused of prov...

September 12, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer

Hamas’s Benefactors: A Network of Terror

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Deutch, Ranking Member Sherman, and distinguished members of these subcommittees, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I tha...

September 9, 2014 | |

Hamas’s Benefactors: A Network of Terror

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Deutch, Ranking Member Sherman, and distinguished members of these subcommittees, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I thank yo...