Library Documents on Iran's Missile Program
February 28, 2020
Chairman Engel, Ranking Member McCaul, thank you for having me today.I’m just back from a trip that included stops in Saudi Arabia and Oman, where the grave threat the Islamic Republic of Iran poses to us, our allies and partners, and the Iranian people themselves is crystal clear.Here are the facts:
February 27, 2020
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) are leading a bipartisan effort in the Senate to urge the United Nations (UN) to maintain an arms embargo and travel restrictions on Iran that are set to begin expiring in October.
February 25, 2020
The United States is sanctioning 13 foreign entities and individuals in China, Iraq, Russia, and Turkey pursuant to the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA). This action includes new sanctions against five entities/individuals in China (Luo Dingwen, Baoding Shimaotong Enterprises Services Company Limited, Gaobeidian Kaituo...
February 20, 2020
MR HOOK: Tomorrow, the Iranian regime will stage an event euphemistically called elections. Unfortunately for the Iranian people, the real election took place in secret long before any ballots were even cast. This is how it has been for the last 41 years in Iran. The regime denies the Iranian people a representative parliament by pre-deciding who...
February 19, 2020
STAFF: OK, good afternoon everybody. I'm Major Rob Lodewick. I am the Press Operations Officer for the CENTCOM desk and the Middle East and I'll be facilitating this afternoon's press briefing. Today we're joined by United States Central Command Lead Spokesman Captain Bill Urban. Captain Urban is joining us from CENTCOM Headquarters at MacDill...
February 19, 2020
This dispatch tracks the evolution of Houthi unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which have become increasingly lethal and powerful. CAR finds that the Yemeni group is able to domestically manufacture some components while procuring more sophisticated electronic items from foreign supply networks.Key Findings
February 13, 2020
Iran attacked Saudi Arabian oil facilities on September 14, 2019. It was an attack not only against a sovereign state but against the global economy as well. The evidence pointed to Iran, despite unsubstantiated claims of responsibility by Houthi rebels in Yemen. Now, a report from the United Nations Security Council’s Yemen Panel of Experts...
February 13, 2020
On Feb. 9, 2020, USS Normandy (CG 60), while conducting maritime security operations in the U.S. Central Command area of operations, boarded a dhow in accordance with international law and discovered a large cache of weapons.
February 11, 2020
Tehran, Feb 11, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi rejected France’s interventionist statement on Iran space program, saying it is Iran’s inherent right to develop science and technology.Mousavi noted that Iran's defensive missile program has nothing to with the 2231 Resolution since Iranian missile has not basically been...
February 11, 2020
The Iranian regime uses satellite launches to develop its ballistic missile capabilities. The technologies used to launch satellites into orbit are virtually identical and interchangeable with those used in longer range systems, including intercontinental ballistic missiles. Each launch, whether failed or not, further allows Iran to gain...