EMBOLDENING IRANIAN
STATE-SPONSORED
TERRORISM IN THE RAISI ERA

This panel examined the potential expansion of the Iranian regime’s sponsorship of terrorism under new President Ebrahim Raisi and in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. While increased support to Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthi will almost certainly contribute to growing regional instability if Iran enjoys sanctions relief in the event the U.S. resumes compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the panel will also consider the emergence of untraditional relationships, such as potential collusion between Tehran and al Qaida.

Featuring:

 

Congresswoman Claudia Tenney of New York’s 22nd District

Marshall Billingslea, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute and a former Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at the United States Department of the Treasury

Victoria Coates, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy and a former Deputy National Security Advisor on the National Security Council Staff

Simone Ledeen, Visiting Fellow at the National Security Institute at Scalia Law School, George Mason University, and a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East

Moderated by Bryan E. Leib, the Executive Director of Iranian Americans for Liberty and formerly served as the National Director of Americans Against Antisemitism