Library Documents on Iran's Missile Program
September 24, 2020
Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Menendez, distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today with Under Secretary Hale and for the opportunity to provide an update on our policy toward Iran.This administration harbors no illusions about the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is the principal driver of instability and...
September 21, 2020
The Trump Administration has made clear that the United States will do whatever it takes to prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism and anti-Semitism, from spreading death and mayhem throughout the Middle East and the world. Rather than wait for the day that Iran threatens the world with a nuclear...
September 21, 2020
Today, I am taking new actions to restrict Iran’s nuclear, ballistic missile, and conventional weapons pursuits. My Administration will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon, nor will we allow Iran to endanger the rest of the world with a fresh supply of ballistic missiles and conventional arms. To ensure this cannot happen, I am issuing a...
September 21, 2020
Today, the President issued a new Executive Order, "Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to the Conventional Arms Activities of Iran.”In addition, OFAC has updated its SDN list.The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN List:DEZFULIAN, Mohammed Reza (a.k.a. DEZFULIAN, Mohammad Reza), Iran; POB Tehran, Iran; nationality...
September 21, 2020
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned three Deputy Directors of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and a number of its subsidiaries. Companies supplying equipment for Iran’s ballistic missile production overseen by Iran’s Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) and...
September 21, 2020
Our message is very, very simple: the United States will never allow the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism to freely buy and sell planes, tanks, missiles, and other kinds of conventional weapons. These UN sanctions will continue the arms embargo. – Secretary Pompeo, August 20, 2020.When we’ve seen any country violate our current sanctions...
September 19, 2020
The Trump Administration has always understood that the greatest threat to peace in the Middle East comes from Islamic Republic of Iran, whose violent efforts to spread revolution have killed thousands and upended the lives of millions of innocent people. History shows appeasement only emboldens such regimes. Thus today, the United States welcomes...
September 10, 2020
Tehran, Sept 10, IRNA – Iranian Army is conducting main phase of Zolfaqar-99 maneuvers in the Sea of Oman, southern Iran, as of Thursday.The three-day joint war game is being carried out by young air and naval forces under the theme of sustainable security under the shadow of deterrent power.The drills are being held in a two-million-square-meter...
August 28, 2020
Although many of the recently unveiled systems are foreign copies or have unproven capabilities, they show a substantial indigenous development capacity that will only accelerate once the UN ban on weapons sales is lifted—even if past sanctions snap back into action.
At President's Order, National Achievements of Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Unveil
August 20, 2020
A day before the Day of Defence Industry and in the 19th week of the inauguration of the national plans and projects throughout the country, a number of national achievements in the field of the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics were put into operation and unveiled on Thursday.