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FDD's Mark Dubowitz discusses President Obama's trip to Israel and his statements on stopping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. more...
Obama and Netanyahu Closer on Iran, But Is It Too Late?
President Obama told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli public Wednesday that the United States will not let Iran obtain a nuclear weapon, and the two leaders appeared to move closer on the issue than in the past. more...
Why India Is Finally Complying With Sanctions on Iran
Earlier this week, North Korea canceled its 1953 armistice with the South, offering a vivid and no-doubt intentional reminder of how nuclear weapons can turn localized conflicts into the subject of intense global anxiety. more...
Nuke Program? Turkey’s Got an App for That
German prosecutors have accused Turkey of exporting to Iran nearly 1,000 items with “nuclear applications,” according to German and Turkish media reports. German prosecutors allege... more...
US Imposes Sanctions on Covert Iran Oil-Shipping Network
The United States slapped financial sanctions on Thursday on a Greek businessman it says secretly operated a shipping network on behalf of the Iranian government to get around... more...
Putting Iran on Notice
A growing number of United States companies have been forced to disclose their business ties to Iran following the recent implementation of a sanctions measure. More than 90 companies, including a number of U.S. companies... more...
The Iran-North Korea Axis of Proliferation
Both Iran and North Korea are subject to a growing stack of sanctions with which the United Nations, since 2006, has been demanding an end to their illicit nuclear and ballistic missile programs. more...
Happening Now
FDD's Jonathan Schanzer discusses the potential of more Middle East countries developing nuclear programs and the report of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law being detained by the CIA. more...
Closing the Iran Loopholes
European Union leaders are scheduled to meet Thursday to consider a U.S. proposal that the E.U. cut off Iran’s access to a central European financial system that enables global transactions in euros... more...
As Talks Fizzle Out, an Iranian Reactor Comes to Life
Despite guarded optimism and the promise of two more rounds of talks in March and April, the latest tranche of nuclear diplomacy between Iran and six world powers, which ended on Wednesday in Almaty, Kazakhstan... more...
As Iran Nuclear Talks Drag, Congress Seeks Tougher Sanctions Against Regime
With little in the way of tangible progress from Tuesday’s nuclear negotiations with Iran, Congress is moving ahead with yet more legislation to close off Iran’s economy from the rest of the world. more...
The Sanctions Paradox
Two points are vital to understanding the sanctions being imposed on Iran: They are unlikely to succeed — if success is defined as stopping the regime’s rulers from developing nuclear weapons... more...
Now There’s Proof: Washington May Have Violated Its Own Iran Sanctions
The U.S. government learned this week that it might have run afoul of its own sanctions on Iran -- an awkward development, given that the economic penalties are at the heart of international efforts to pressure... more...
Fake Privatization
When the European Court of Justice decided on January 29 to remove Iran’s Bank Mellat from the European Union’s sanctions list, its judges no doubt thought their judgment was a triumph of the rule of law... more...
House Committee Leaders Push Bill to Toughen Iran Penalties, Cut Off Tehran’s Access to Euro
House leaders are pushing for tougher penalties on Iran to thwart its nuclear ambitions, introducing a bipartisan bill Wednesday that would pressure the U.S. to work with the European Union in cutting off Tehran’s... more...
Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Measure to Toughen Iranian Sanctions
As Iranian negotiators spoke in positive tones about their resumed nuclear negotiations with the big powers, Congressional lawmakers in Washington introduced legislation on Wednesday that would greatly... more...
Real News
FDD's Emanuele Ottolenghi discusses the latest negotiations with Iran over its illicit nuclear program and what's different this round of talks. more...
The Frank Gaffney Show
FDD's Claudia Rosett exposes the front company that the Iranian ambassador to the UN has been using to skirt US sanctions on 5th Avenue in New York City. more...
US Congress in Urgent Call to ECB to Tighten Sanctions on Iran
In a move that experts said could hasten a budget-crisis in Tehran, a powerful cross-party group of US senators has written to the European Council to urge the bank to deny Iran access to its Euro-denominated... more...
All Things Considered
A new round of international talks on Iran's nuclear program is under way in Kazakhstan, where the U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany are asking Iran to give up any thought of building a nuclear... more...
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