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June 23, 2022 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Matthew Zweig

Treasury Targets Iranian Sanctions-Busting Network as Nuclear Talks Remain Stalled

The Biden administration last week sanctioned a network of Iranian petrochemical producers and related front companies, a response to the deadlock in negotiations with Tehran over a return to the 2015 nuclear...

June 16, 2022 | Andrea Stricker |

Iran Further Inhibits IAEA Monitoring in Possible ‘Fatal Blow’ to the Nuclear Deal

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed last week that Iran had begun removing 27 IAEA cameras monitoring its nuclear program. Tehran’s step, which came in retaliation to a formal admonishment...

June 2, 2022 | David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Andrea Stricker

The IAEA’s Iran NPT Safeguards Report – May 2022

Excerpt “Unless and until Iran provides technically credible explanations…the Agency cannot confirm the correctness and completeness of Iran’s declarations under its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement.” -International...

May 31, 2022 | Jacob Nagel, Richard Goldberg

Don’t Let Iran Humiliate the IAEA Again

New reporting and an IAEA assessment reveal that Iran is in violation of both the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the JCPOA.

May 27, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Jordan Has an Iran Problem. Can Israel and Saudi Arabia Unite to Combat It?

The situation also presents an opportunity for the Biden administration.

May 23, 2022 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Protests in Iran Are Surging. The Biden Administration Can Help.

U.S. policy can no longer afford to be limited to seeking a new nuclear deal.

May 13, 2022 | Jacob Nagel |

Ahead of Biden’s expected visit to Israel

Israel must receive a clear promise that it will preserve its full freedom of action, in all dimensions.

May 4, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Deal or no deal

Iran’s rulers may be demanding too much even for Biden

April 13, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

‘Caught Between a Hammer and an Anvil’

Israel’s in a difficult position when it comes to the war in Ukraine

April 12, 2022 | Andrea Stricker |

How Russia Could Earn Billions From Biden’s Revival of the Nuclear Deal With Iran

The Biden administration has two goals that are at odds with each other. It wants to ratchet up economic pressure on Russia, and it wants to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. The problem is the 2015...

April 8, 2022 | Lauri B. Regan, Jonathan Schanzer

Book Review: The Never Ending War

One ideological goal that has animated foreign policy decision-making over the past three U.S. administrations has been a desire to retreat from “forever wars.” For Israel, such a fantasy-driven ambition...

March 31, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Saving the Ayatollahs

Biden’s unwise Iran policy

March 31, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Challenge of Containing a Nuclear Iran

Barring a great surprise, the Islamic Republic will get its nuke. How will the U.S. respond?

March 30, 2022 | Andrea Stricker |

Administration’s Iran Nuclear Deal Claims Do Not Stand Up to Reality

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said during a press briefing last week that President Joe Biden seeks to put Iran’s atomic program “back in the box after President Trump let it out of the box...

March 29, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer, Enia Krivine

No one believes Biden has a red line in Ukraine after Obama’s Syria debacle

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, cautioned his Russian counterpart last week that “any possible Russian decision to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine”...

March 28, 2022 | Michael Rubin, Jonathan Schanzer

Biden risking new wars with Iran ‘diplomacy’ — and our Middle East allies know it

Excerpt “It’s time to end this forever war” — those were President Biden’s words as he issued the order for U.S. troops to withdraw from Afghanistan. America’s chaotic withdrawal certainly...

March 20, 2022 | Jacob Nagel, Meir Ben-Shabbat

Dropping IRGC from blacklist would be boon for terrorism

When Former US President Donald Trump designated Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group, the White House explained that this move recognized a reality in which Tehran not only funds terrorism but actively participates in it and uses the organization to advance its political goals.

March 17, 2022 | Mark Dubowitz, Jonathan Schanzer

Biden throws Putin a nuclear lifeline

The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine has significantly encumbered the Biden administration’s drive to reach a renewed Iran nuclear deal. Seeing an opportunity to build leverage against the United...

March 16, 2022 | Tony Badran |

Team Biden Runs the Syria Playbook on Ukraine

The administration’s horror over Putin’s war is not merely performative, but functional—in the service of realigning with Iran

March 14, 2022 | Tony Badran |

The Biden Administration is Poised to Hand Hezbollah a Win in Vienna

The Biden administration is on the verge of announcing a new nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Despite an eleventh-hour delay caused by Russian maneuvering, the agreement is reportedly ready....