Library Documents on Iran's Missile Program
March 14, 2018
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that REZA OLANGIAN, a dual citizen of the United States and Iran, was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison, after being found guilty in November 2016, of conspiring and attempting to send surface-to-air missiles (“SAMs”) and military aircraft...
March 5, 2018
Mr Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, traveled to Iran on 5 March. In Tehran, Mr Le Drian was received by Mr Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He also met his counterpart, Mr Mohammad Javad Zarif, as well as the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran, Mr Ali Larijani, and the Secretary of the...
March 5, 2018
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Dr. Fridman, my friend, Howard Kohr, to Ambassador David Friedman — (applause) — members of the United States Congress, Israeli ministers, members of the Knesset, distinguished guests. To all who have come, from near and far, it is great to be back at AIPAC — the largest and most influential gathering of the...
February 28, 2018
The common claim that Iran’s missile development must be stopped altogether because these systems could deliver nuclear weapons in the future rests on broad generalisations. While there is reason for concern, priority attention should be given to those missiles that might realistically be used for such a purpose, if Iran were to go down a perilous...
February 27, 2018
We welcome the final report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen (the “Panel”), established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2140 (2014), published on February 15, 2018 (the “report”).
February 27, 2018
Ambassador Kelley Currie U.S. Representative for Economic and Social Affairs U.S. Mission to the United NationsThank you, Mr. President.
February 27, 2018
My French colleague, French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, and I had extensive talks. Even though this is our first face-to-face meeting this year, we regularly compare notes on key issues of the bilateral agenda and international affairs during our telephone conversations.[...]
February 26, 2018
Today, in spite of the overwhelming evidence provided by the UN’s independent Yemen Panel of Experts on Iran’s violations of the arms embargo in Yemen, the Security Council failed to adopt a resolution that would have called out Iran for its actions. The Panel of Experts’ final report outlined Iran’s failure to prevent the transfer of Iranian arms...
February 26, 2018
Ambassador Kelley Currie U.S. Representative for Economic and Social Affairs U.S. Mission to the United NationsThank you, Mr. President.Today, Russia accused the majority of this Council of attempting to destabilize the region by supporting the UK’s text. This is perverse when, in fact, Russia’s veto today serves only to protect Iran’s efforts to...
February 26, 2018
Thank you Mr President.The Security Council has long recognised that the situation in Yemen threatens international peace and security. It has caused the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, which gets worse by the day. The conflict creates ungoverned spaces in which terrorists can operate, poses security threats to countries in the region and...