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1 week ago | 
fdd.org | Behnam Ben Taleblu |Saeed Ghasseminejad |Andrea Stricker
Is Iran on the brink, or is the West getting played again? Filling in for host Cliff May, Behnam Ben Taleblu is joined by Andrea Stricker and Saeed Ghasseminejad to discuss Trump’s renewed demand for full nuclear dismantlement, the regime’s internal weakness, and why half-measures won’t cut it. From stalled negotiations to nationwide strikes and the case for a “strike fund,” they unpack how to confront the Islamic Republic in 2025.
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1 month ago | 
fdd.org | Behnam Ben Taleblu |Andrea Stricker
Behnam Ben Taleblu and Andrea Stricker discuss upcoming diplomatic and technical talks on Iran’s nuclear program.
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1 month ago | 
fdd.org | Reagan Easter |Orde F. Kittrie |Andrea Stricker |Behnam Ben Taleblu
The United States and Iran are set to hold landmark talks on April 12, President Donald Trump announced earlier in the week, just weeks after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei refused the idea. The watershed event follows the president’s letter to Khamenei in early March in which he posed a stark ultimatum to Tehran: negotiate a deal within two months that removes the nuclear threat, or face punishing U.S. sanctions and possibly strikes on the regime’s nuclear facilities.
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2 months ago | 
fdd.org | Daniel Ackerman |Orde F. Kittrie |Andrea Stricker |Behnam Ben Taleblu
The threat of a nuclear-armed Iran remains the defining security challenge of our time. In “Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament: The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security,” Orde Kittrie, Andrea Stricker, and Behnam Ben Taleblu outline a strategy to achieve the permanent dismantlement of Tehran’s nuclear weapons enterprise.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
fdd.org | Daniel Ackerman |Andrea Stricker
Executive SummaryA secret team of Iranian scientists is working to shorten the country’s route to nuclear weapons, according to current and former U.S. officials. This intelligence was collected during President Joe Biden’s final months in office, then relayed to the incoming national security team under President Donald Trump.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
fdd.org | Reagan Easter |Sophia Epley |Sinan Ciddi |Andrea Stricker
The United States dealt Russian efforts to evade international sanctions a significant blow by ordering the American bank J.P. Morgan to freeze $2 billion of Russian funds destined for Turkey. The move shed new light on NATO member Turkey’s assistance for Russian efforts to undercut sanctions penalizing Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
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Feb 9, 2025 | 
tjvnews.com | Sinan Ciddi |Andrea Stricker
Ankara appears to be taking quiet but deliberate steps toward producing enriched uranium fuel, which has dual purposes in fueling nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. In October 2024, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and National Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin visited Niger, securing a provisional mining agreement with the country’s junta government.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
fdd.org | Libby Fern |Sinan Ciddi |Andrea Stricker
A livestream of the conversation will begin here at 12:00pm ET on Monday, February 10. For questions about FDD events, please contact . For media inquiries, please contact . Over the last two months, Turkey has thrown its weight behind Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the victorious Syrian rebel group who ousted Bashar al-Assad’s government from power.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
fdd.org | Sinan Ciddi |Andrea Stricker
Ankara appears to be taking quiet but deliberate steps toward producing enriched uranium fuel, which has dual purposes in fueling nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. In October 2024, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and National Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin visited Niger, securing a provisional mining agreement with the country’s junta government.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
fdd.org | Anthony Ruggiero |Andrea Stricker
The State Department sanctioned senior officials of Rosatom, Russia’s state-run nuclear corporation, on Friday, including its CEO, Alexei Likhachev. These sanctions are long overdue and reflect the Biden administration’s past failure to stem a key revenue source for Russia and its war against Ukraine. Rosatom’s annual revenue in 2023 amounted to more than $16 billion, up from nearly $12 billion in 2022. The company hopes to top $18 billion when 2024 figures come in.
