Terror, Sunsets, and Declining Pressure: Countering the Full Range of Tehran’s Threats

As key international restrictions on Iran’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs are set to expire this month, Tehran supports, sponsors, and coordinates with terrorist groups like Hamas — who just brutally murdered over 1,200 Israelis. The United States and its allies are assessing how best to respond to the indiscriminate attacks on Israel while also actively seeking to mitigate fatal flaws of the 2015 nuclear deal and associated UN Security Council Resolution 2231. While the US has opted for a policy of declining pressure on Iran, the Islamic Republic has amassed enough material to produce a nuclear weapon in 12 days while simultaneously developing and testing more advanced ballistic missiles. To make matters worse, the Islamic Republic has booted inspectors from nuclear sites, leaving reduced international oversight.

How can the US stand up to the murderous regime in Iran and its network of proxies? What exactly are the upcoming “sunsets” under UN Resolution 2231? How can the West mitigate the fallout of an effective greenlighting of Iranian sales of missiles and drones to Russia?

To discuss Iran’s military and nuclear capabilities and its ongoing coordination with its global network of terror surrogates, FDD will host an event featuring: David Albright, founder and president of the Institute for Science and International Security; Shannon Crawford, ABC News reporter; Behnam Ben Taleblu, FDD senior fellow; Bradley Bowman, senior director of FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power; Richard Goldberg, FDD senior advisor and former director for countering Iranian weapons of mass destruction; Eyal Hulata, FDD senior international fellow and former Israeli national security advisor; Anthony Ruggiero, senior director of FDD’s Nonproliferation and Biodefense Program and former deputy assistant to the president for national security affairs and National Security Council senior director for counterproliferation and biodefense; Jonathan Schanzer, FDD senior vice president for research; Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL), Illinois’ 10th Congressional District; and Andrea Stricker, FDD research fellow and deputy director of FDD’s Nonproliferation and Biodefense Program.

For more, check out: https://www.fdd.org/events/2023/10/16/terror-sunsets-and-declining-pressure-countering-the-full-range-of-tehrans-threats/