On July 23 2026, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against a senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (EMB) official, three other individuals, and three entities that have provided material support to HAMAS. Speaking about the OFAC sanctions, Secretary Bessent declared that “The Trump Administration…
CCNS member Clare Lopez appeared on Newsmax TV, along with Harley Lippman, to discuss the current situation in Iran, including the possibility and need for regime change. You can watch that interview here
Your browser doesn’t support inline PDFs. Download the PDF [View the full PDF] Dear President Trump, We write as members of the Citizens Commission on National Security, a watchdog group that includes retired generals, colonels, intelligence professionals, journalists, and policy experts who have defended you publicly through years of investigations,…
[Exclusive to Citizens Commission on National Security] Introduction This Iranian regime’s nuclear weapons program has been abundantly documented in the Open Source literature for decades. But in response to questions about why Israel and the United States (U.S.) decided in June 2025 that they could wait no longer to, at…
Clare Lopez on the situation with Iran on Conservative Commandos, with hosts Rick Trader and Sharron Angle. You can watch that interview here
“They Don’t Think Like We Think” In a April 17, 2026 “Beyond the Ideological” Substack post, “The IRGC’s Eschatological Gamble and the Arab World’s Verdict,” Zineb Riboua explains some important realities about how the Iranian regime’s leadership – clerical and Revolutionary Guards – or what’s left of them think about…
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CCNS member Clare Lopez and Senior Fellow of the America First Policy Institute Ken Timmerman join Newsmax anchor Tracy Sabol to discuss the impending Iran war deadline, fake news “war crimes” allegations, and potential US attacks on Iranian infrastructure amidst “human shield” defense.
You can listen to the interview of CCNS member Clare Lopez on America Out Loud News with host Mayor Deb here
On “Strictly Speaking Unfiltered with Bob Frantz”
Mostly unnoticed in the recent flurry of world events, from the lightning fast seizure and extradition of Venezuelan dictator, Nicolas Maduro, by the United States (U.S.) in a 2-3 January 2026 overnight raid to the ongoing U.S. and Israeli takedown of the Iranian regime, was an important meeting in Istanbul,…
Iran expert Clare Lopez joins White House Correspondent Dr. Matthew Anthony Harper March 1, 2026 to give an Israel U.S. At War with Iran.