Library Documents on Iran's Missile Program
April 22, 2020
Iran claims to have launched a military satellite into orbit. France strongly condemns this launch which is not in conformity with UNSCR 2231.Given that the technology used for space launches is very similar to that used for ballistic missile launches, this launch directly contributes to the extremely troubling progress made by Iran in its...
March 13, 2020
Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran has reacted to the comments made by US President Donald Trump regarding the responsibility for the recent attack on a base housing American troops in Iraq.In a statement on Friday, Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said the US cannot shirk its responsibility and blame others for the...
March 9, 2020
When the UN arms embargo on Iran expires in October, in accordance with the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, it's unclear to what extent Russia and China will work to boost the Iranian military.Read the full article at Al-Monitor.
March 5, 2020
[...]QUESTION: Okay. And would the United States then petition the UN Security Council for a snapback in sanctions on the JCPOA?SECRETARY POMPEO: Yeah, I don’t want to get ahead of what decision we might ultimately make. No, we – look, there’s no secret. The reason I answered so quickly is there’s no secret. We’ve chosen a different path...
March 3, 2020
Good morning Chairman Bera, Chairman Deutch, Ranking Member Yoho and Ranking Member Wilson,Thank you for holding this hearing on “50 Years of the Non-proliferation Treaty: Strengthening the NPT in the Face of Iranian and North Korean Nonproliferation Challenges.”I am honored to be here.[...]What should we be doing?
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...