Latest Developments U.S. Central Command announced this week that the government transferred Iranian ammunition to Ukraine’s armed forces on October 2. American naval forces seized the more than 1 million rounds of 7.62mm ammunition in December 2022 that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was smuggling on a stateless dhow to Houthi rebels in Yemen.
A livestream of the discussion will begin Wednesday, October 11, at 11:00am (ET). For questions about FDD events, contact [email protected]. For media inquiries, please contact [email protected]. Most Americans now recognize the serious threat the People’s Republic of China (PRC) poses to the United States. But many may not be aware of the comprehensive campaign Beijing is
Latest Developments Iran’s clerical regime arrested hundreds of protestors over the weekend, punctuating the first anniversary of the regime’s violent suppression of the current, nationwide uprising. Hal Vash, a watchdog human rights organization monitoring Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan Province, reported on October 2 that Iranian authorities have arrested 216 people, including minors, since the September 30 crackdown
Trend Overview By John Hardie Welcome back to the Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy. They provide trendlines of very positive, positive, neutral, negative, or very negative for the areas they watch. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has yet to confirm whether
US President Joe Biden’s Middle East strategy is earning its nickname: the “de-escalation” doctrine. Washington has in recent months gone out of its way to strike mini-agreements with its enemy, Tehran, and brokered a maritime demarcation deal between Israel and Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon. But when it comes to peace between Arab Gulf states and Israel, the Biden administration expects nothing less
Latest Developments The Biden administration expressed concern on September 28 over Iran’s successful launch of an imaging satellite a day earlier. The Qased rocket that launched Iran’s Noor-3 satellite into low earth orbit uses technology that is nearly identical to that of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) required to deliver a nuclear warhead. “We have
Excerpt The Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear provocations continue to mount. The clerical regime on Sept. 16 barred one-third of all International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors from the country’s nuclear facilities. The organization’s director general, Rafael Grossi, said in a statement that Tehran’s move is “disproportionate and unprecedented” and “affects in a direct and severe way the ability of the IAEA
Latest Developments A third Bahraini soldier died on September 27 from injuries sustained in a Houthi drone strike in Saudi Arabia on September 25 that killed two Bahraini soldiers. At the time of the attack, the soldiers were patrolling the Saudi Arabia-Yemen border as part of the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-backed Yemeni terrorist group
“U.S. officials privately acknowledge they’ve gradually relaxed some enforcement of sanctions on Iranian oil sales,” Bloomberg News revealed last month. The dollar value of this sanctions relief can be calculated by estimating how much Iranian exports increased due to lighter enforcement, then projecting how much these additional sales have been worth. In August, Iran reported
September 27, 2023 Introduction Chairman Wilson, Ranking Member Phillips, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, thank you for the opportunity to testify. My testimony is built upon the premise that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is valuable to Israel and the United States but only if it