Treasury rightly clips wings of Iran’s Mahan Air
In his recent op-ed for The Hill, FDD's Emanuele Ottolenghi asserts that for too long, Mahan Air, an Iranian commercial airline, has been complicit in the Assad regime’s use o...
Yotam Ottolenghi
Flying in the Face of U.S. Sanctions
Mahan Air is an Iranian passenger airline that also happens to be a favorite with the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The IRGC uses Mahan planes to ferry weapons and personnel...
Op-eds
This Iranian Airline is One of the Assad Regime’s Lifelines
It's hard to fly to Damascus these days. Even if Russia's military intervention in the country has the ruling Assad regime breathing easier after months of infighting, manpower...
Op-eds
Amid Nuclear Talks, Iran Forges Ahead with Middle East Power Play
A March 31 deadline for a framework agreement in the nuclear talks has not yet brought an announcement of a deal, and any pact would be just a precursor to a final deal before a June 30 deadline....
Op-eds
Iran’s Repressive Apparatus Gets a Raise
To pay for it, Rouhani will have to tax a disgruntled middle class. Luckily he’ll have well-paid Guards to quash any potential unrest. Hasan Rouhani submitted his...
Op-eds
Iran’s Next President Won’t Be a ‘Moderate’
Co-authored by Saeed Ghasseminejad When Iranian voters go to the polls to elect a new president on June 14, their choice will not matter in any real sense: Whoever wins the cont...
Op-eds
Toppling Iran’s Unsteady Regime
Sanctions may not bring Tehran to heel on nuclear arms, but they can undermine the regime.
Op-eds
Iran Nuclear Talks Resume in Nervous Atmosphere
MOSCOW (Reuters) - World powers will seek to avert a collapse of diplomacy over Iran's nuclear programme at talks starting in Moscow on Monday, hoping to win concessions from Tehran and fore...
Op-eds
The Embargo That Can’t Wait
Western powers are running out of time to peacefully stop Tehran from going nuclear.
Op-eds
Iran and the Myth of the Pro-Regime Backlash
A U.S. military strike is just as likely to accelerate internal regime change as it is to hinder it.
Op-eds
The Big Business Behind Iran’s Proliferation
In preparing to expand sanctions on Iran this week, the governments of the European Union face a critical choice. They can carry on with their current strategy of relying chiefly on pinpoint desi...
Op-eds
Iran’s Military/ Industrial/ Terrorist/ Political Complex
AKA, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, soon could have nuclear weapons.
Op-eds
When Tehran Attacks
Iran's secretive Qods Force is rogue, but no more so than the regime that directs its actions.
Op-eds
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ‘Moderate’
Ayatollah Khamenei's political spectacle continues to fool Western observers.
Op-eds
The Real Palestinian Vision
Mahmoud Abbas sees a state free of Jews.
Op-eds
What About Iran?
While the world focuses on Libya's popular uprising and Moammar Gadhafi's murderous response, Iran has also—far from the international spotlight—been ratcheting up its repre...
Op-eds
Punish Iran’s Human-Rights Abusers
In September the Obama administration sanctioned eight Iranian officials for their role in the recent wave of repression inside the country. Meanwhile, the European Union is still discussing huma...
Op-eds
Free Iran
The recent decision by the Obama administration to sanction some of the Iranian regime's worst human-rights abusers is a welcome if belated step in the right direction. But it falls far shor...
Op-eds
Tightening the Sanctions Noose on Tehran
In the coming days, the European Union will hopefully adopt tough new measures designed to push Tehran to halt its illegal nuclear activities. "Sanctions have become inevitable," EU leaders said...
Op-eds
Iran and the European Moment
Last week, only days after a U.N. Security Council Resolution introduced new sanctions against Iran, Europe's leaders approved guidelines to expand their scope. Given that Europe is Iran...