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February 10, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German president mistakenly congratulates Iran’s regime for its revolution

The office of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced it would not send the Iranian regime a congratulatory email on the anniversary of the revolution - then accidentally sent it anyway.

February 9, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Jews urge Green Party MP to resign from ‘antisemitic’ BDS group

Last year, the Bild paper in Germany said Green Party member Claudia Roth made “antisemitism socially respectable” by enthusiastically meeting with the head of Iran’s quasi-Parliament Ali Larijani.

January 27, 2020 | Svante Cornell, Dr. Brenda Shaffer

Occupied Elsewhere

Selective Policies on Occupations, Protracted Conflicts, and Territorial Disputes

January 20, 2020 | David May |

War by Other Means

A History of Anti-Israel Boycotts, From the Arab League to BDS

January 14, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iranian authorities bulldozed grave of executed Christian pastor

The grave of the Rev. Hossein Soodmand, the only Iranian pastor confirmed to have been formally sentenced for quitting Islam and then executed by Iran’s regime, was bulldozed in early December. Article18,...

December 11, 2019 | Aykan Erdemir, Varsha Koduvayur

Brothers in Arms

The Consolidation of the Turkey-Qatar Axis

December 5, 2019 | Bradley Bowman, David Maxwell

Maximum Pressure 2.0

A Plan for North Korea

November 27, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US ambassador blasts German economics minister for China communist comparison

The U.S. ambassador to Germany chided Chancellor Angela Merkel’s economics affairs minister for drawing an insulting parallel between communist China and America. Richard Grenell did not mention...

October 30, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US rebukes Germany for refusal to say Iran’s threat to destroy Israel is anti-Semitic

Threats by Iran to obliterate Israel have been played down by Germany, prompting the Trump administration’s highest-profile ambassador to criticize Chancellor Angela Merkel government’s attitude...

October 24, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

European lawmakers demand sanctions on Iran for human rights abuses

Members of the European Parliament have called on trade conditions with Iran to hinge on Tehran improving its appalling human rights record. “Iran is a country where women are imprisoned for being women,”...

September 19, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Trump Administration’s Afghanistan Policy

August 27, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Will Qatar let Israelis, Egyptians and LGBTQ people attend 2022 World Cup?

A damning new report obtained by Fox News exposes discrimination by Qatar’s Islamist regime targeting Israelis, Egyptians and LGBTQ people ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the Gulf monarchy. The...

June 26, 2019 | Mark Dubowitz, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Behnam Ben Taleblu

What “Yes” With Iran Looks Like

May 9, 2019 | Jonathan Schanzer, Nicole Salter

Oman in the Middle

Muscat’s Balancing Act Between Iran and America

November 6, 2018 | Annie Fixler, Frank Cilluffo

Evolving Menace

Iran’s Use of Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare

October 29, 2018 | Tzvi Kahn, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, Rose Parris Richter, Prof. Irwin Cotler

Profiles of Iranian Repression

Architects of Human Rights Abuse in the Islamic Republic

October 11, 2018 | Yaya J. Fanusie |

Seeking Sanctions Resistance Through Blockchain Technology

Policy experts can argue about the appropriateness of various sanctions policies. Some voice concerns that the U.S. ...

October 3, 2018 | Mathew Ha, David Maxwell

Kim Jong Un’s ‘All-Purpose Sword’

North Korean Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare

October 1, 2018 | Thomas Joscelyn

Badness personified

Jalaluddin Haqqani is dead. The terror network he created lives on.

October 1, 2018 | Thomas Joscelyn

Badness Personified

Jalaluddin Haqqani is dead. The terror network he created lives on.