Behnam Ben Taleblu

Behnam Ben Taleblu is senior director of the Iran Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington. An Iranian-American analyst, he specialises in Iranian ballistic missiles, nuclear weapons-related activities, the IRGC and its proxy networks, and US sanctions policy. He is a frequent witness before the US Congress, providing expert testimony on Iran's military capabilities and the effectiveness of maximum-pressure sanctions. His analysis is broadly hawkish, advocating for robust sanctions enforcement and firmness on the nuclear file. He contributes to FDD's Long War Journal and is widely cited in mainstream US media.