Library Documents on Iran's Drone Program
May 18, 2022
[...]4. A partnership for regional stability and global security
May 16, 2022
Amid stalled nuclear talks with the P5+1, a senior Chinese military delegation, headed by Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Gen. Wei Fenghe, landed in Iran for a visit in late April. The readouts from Tehran were rather dull, with the usual platitudes about the close relations between Beijing and Tehran. But there is more to...
May 11, 2022
[...]MODERATOR: Great, thank you so much, Vice Admiral. We will now begin the question and answer portion of today’s call. For our colleagues who are dialing in on our simultaneous Arabic translation line, we have received a number of good pre-submitted questions from them in advance, and I’ll incorporate those into our question queue.
April 19, 2022
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ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN (IRAN)
FINDING
March 27, 2022
MODERATOR: We’ll start with statements, first by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, followed by Secretary of State.FOREIGN MINISTER LAPID: Thank you. Good morning. I’m happy to welcome my good friend, Secretary of State Tony Blinken, to Jerusalem. Later today the two of us will head south for the historic Negev Summit with the foreign ministers of...
March 22, 2022
One of the chief complaints about the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, has been that it does nothing to slow or stop the country’s rapidly advancing missile programme. For that reason, some have called for a follow-on agreement with Iran to address the missile issue head-on. But, even if Iran were...
March 16, 2022
WITNESSES:GENERAL KENNETH MCKENZIE, COMMANDER, UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMANDGENERAL STEPHEN TOWNSEND, COMMANDER, UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMANDTRANSCRIPT:REED: I'd like to call the hearing to order. Good morning. The committee meets today to receive testimony from General Kenneth McKenzie, Commander of the United States Central Command, and General...
March 1, 2022
In dramatic video coverage currently going viral on YouTube and TikTok, Ukrainian drones are seen to destroy a Russian convoy, with startling speed — and total impunity. The story of how destructive such drone attacks are proving to be was picked up by several U.S. papers, and brought to light the capability of the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone...