Foundation for Democracy in Iran
Encyclopedia
The Foundation for Democracy in Iran is a U.S. based Jewish organization. FDI was founded in 1995 by Kenneth R. Timmerman
, Peter W. Rodman, Joshua Muravchik
and zionist leaders advocating regime change
in Iran.
Its website delivers news and intelligence
concerning Iran
.
In 2005, the website reported sources said that Iran "is planning a nuclear weapon
s test before the Iranian New Year on March 20, 2006", whereas a 2005 assessment by the International Institute for Strategic Studies
concluded "if Iran threw caution to the wind, and sought a nuclear weapon capability as quickly as possible without regard for international reaction, it might be able to produce enough HEU for a single nuclear weapon by the end of this decade" assuming no technical problems http://www.iiss.org/showdocument.php?docID=661.
Kenneth R. Timmerman
Kenneth R. Timmerman is a journalist, political writer, and conservative Republican activist who in 2000 was a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from Maryland. Timmerman is executive director of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran, an organization that works to support...
, Peter W. Rodman, Joshua Muravchik
Joshua Muravchik
Joshua Muravchik is a scholar formerly at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and now a fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University....
and zionist leaders advocating regime change
Regime change
"Regime change" is the replacement of one regime with another. Use of the term dates to at least 1925.Regime change can occur through conquest by a foreign power, revolution, coup d'état or reconstruction following the failure of a state...
in Iran.
Its website delivers news and intelligence
Intelligence (information gathering)
Intelligence assessment is the development of forecasts of behaviour or recommended courses of action to the leadership of an organization, based on a wide range of available information sources both overt and covert. Assessments are developed in response to requirements declared by the leadership...
concerning Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
.
In 2005, the website reported sources said that Iran "is planning a nuclear weapon
Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first fission bomb test released the same amount...
s test before the Iranian New Year on March 20, 2006", whereas a 2005 assessment by the International Institute for Strategic Studies
International Institute for Strategic Studies
The International Institute for Strategic Studies is a British research institute in the area of international affairs. It describes itself as "the world’s leading authority on political-military conflict"...
concluded "if Iran threw caution to the wind, and sought a nuclear weapon capability as quickly as possible without regard for international reaction, it might be able to produce enough HEU for a single nuclear weapon by the end of this decade" assuming no technical problems http://www.iiss.org/showdocument.php?docID=661.