Matthew Levitt

NYPD on alert for potential cyber attacks following attack on Iran Experts believe Iran and its proxies are weighing their options when it comes to cyber attacks.

Pleased to appear @abcnews to discuss the potential for cyber attacks following attack on Iran abc7ny.com/post/nypd-al... @washinstitute.bsky.social

Grateful for the opportunity to appear on @nbcnews.com Morning News NOW to discuss Iranian external operations & possibility of terror attacks in context of Iran war. At end of clip here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=65ZO... @washinstitute.bsky.social

Hezbollah Is Winning the Race to Rearm in Lebanon Despite the efforts of the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah is gradually regaining strength for a future war with Israel.

As of now, #Hezbollah Is Winning the Race to Rearm in Lebanon. LH's single-minded rearmament drive is outpacing the LAF’s half-hearted disarmament operations. Lebanon still can flip this equation, but time is running out.
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U.S. Treasury Proposes Rule to Sever Swiss Bank MBaer’s Access to U.S. Financial System. Due to its financial support to illicit actors linked to Russia and Iran, ⁦‪@USTreasury‬⁩ proposes employing Section 311 of US PATRIOT ACT
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Donald Trump’s state of mind is a global risk A cabinet of sycophants makes an already erratic US president a greater threat

FT: Donald Trump’s state of mind is a global risk. A cabinet of sycophants makes an already erratic US president a greater threat www.ft.com/content/8802...

Lebanese Hezbollah - Select Worldwide Activity

15 new entries have been added to @mattlevitt.bsky.social's Lebanese Hezbollah interactive map and timeline.

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Tehran’s Homeland Option: Terror Pathways for Iran to Strike in the United States Given their long history of terrorist plots in the West, Iranian agents and proxies could pursue multiple options for hitting back at America after the June war.

Tehran’s Homeland Option: Terror Pathways for Iran to Strike in the United States www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy... @washinstitute.bsky.social

Financement du Hamas : cinq personnes mises en examen en France - i24NEWS Une enquête antiterroriste ouverte fin 2023 aboutit à la mise en examen de cinq personnes liées à des associations françaises soupçonnées d’avoir financé le Hamas sous couvert d’aide humanitaire.

Hamas funding: five people indicted in France www.i24news.tv/fr/actu/fran...

Supreme Court rules that Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal | CNN Politics The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump violated federal law when he unilaterally imposed sweeping tariffs across the globe, a striking loss for the White House on an issue that ...

Supreme Court rules that Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/p...

>Iranian External Operations - The Washington Institute

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Trump Treasury Department further erodes Beneficial Ownership reporting requirements

FinCEN Issues Exceptive Relief to Streamline Customer Due Diligence Requirements | FinCEN.gov www.fincen.gov/news/news-re...

Trump Says He Sees Iran Talks Resolving ‘Over The Next Month’ US President Donald Trump said that he could see negotiations with Iran stretching for as long as a month, as he seeks a diplomatic agreement that would roll back Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

Ramadan starts Feb 17 & ends March 19. Assuming admin does not want to be at war with a Muslim state during Ramadan (assuming too much for this admin?) that means he continues negotiations thru mid March & threat of a strike becomes real as of March 20th. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Syria's president and 2 top ministers were targets of 5 foiled assassination attempts, UN says A U.N. report says Syria’s president, interior minister and foreign minister were the targets of five foiled assassination attempts last year.

Syria's president and 2 top ministers were targets of 5 foiled assassination attempts, UN says apnews.com/article/un-s...

Lebanese Hezbollah - Select Worldwide Activity

15 new entries have been added to @mattlevitt.bsky.social's Lebanese Hezbollah interactive map and timeline. Check out the latest updates ⬇️

No Amazon, No Gmail: Trump Sanctions Upend the Lives of I.C.C. Judges

Overuse of sanctions, such as in the case of ICC, is undermining the efficacy of US unilateral sanctions www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...

Australia @dfat sanctions 20 persons & 3 orgs -- Cyber #IRGC Defence Command, IRGC Quds Force Unit 840, & IRGC Intel Org for massacring thousands of Iranians www.dfat.gov.au/news/news/20...

L’UE prête à placer les gardiens de la révolution iraniens sur la liste des organisations terroristes Après l’Italie et l’Espagne, la France, qui s’opposait de longue date à cette mesure, a changé d’avis. Kaja Kallas, la cheffe de la diplomatie européenne, devait encore s’assurer que les Européens sou...

Matthew Levitt said the designation “would make it a criminal offense to belong to this organization, support the group, attend its meetings, or display its logo in public.” It would subject the IRGC to “enhanced police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters.” www.lemonde.fr/article-offe...

Listen to "Understanding #Hezbollah: From Ideology to Operations," my interview on @techvsterrorism at podcast.techagainstterrorism.org/1684819/epis...

Spain, Italy & now France are lifting their objections to banning #IRGC, which is long overdue. EU Can, & Should, Designate the IRGC as a Terrorist Group. I made the case a year ago: t.co/fmfVjjtE3g

Just last week I was in 3 European capitals pressing for EU designations of #IRGC as a terrorist group. Officials offered every straw man argument there is, but now Italy, Spain & France seem to be coming around to the reality that the IRGC carries out acts of terrorism at home & abroad

Why the United States Must Maintain Its International Counterterrorism Leadership Role - HSToday by Michael Jacobson, Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute's Jeanette and Eli Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, and Matthew Levitt, the Fromer-Wexler Senior Fellow at The Wash...

Why the United States Must Maintain Its International Counterterrorism Leadership Role www.hstoday.us/subject-matt...

Pay close attention to targeting Bank Melli's money laundering network....

Iran’s “shadow banking” is primary way Iran facilitates billion$ in annual trade using the “rahbar” company to managing intl transactions via web of front companies & exchange houses content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UST...

Why the United States Must Maintain Its International Counterterrorism Leadership Role With revised U.S. and UN strategy documents in the works, the Trump administration needs to reaffirm America's role in shaping the counterterrorism agenda—and multilateral organizations are indispensa...

Why the United States Must Maintain Its International Counterterrorism Leadership Role. Withdrawing from multilateral organizations with proven track records on counter ism does not serve America’s interests. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy... @washinstitute.bsky.social

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

Among the org’s US is withdrawing from on grounds they “Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States” are CT org’s with proven track records like Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) & Global Counterterrorism Forum www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

A mural unveiled on Tehran's Palestine Square showing a silo packed with missiles and several missiles being fired, saying in Persian and Hebrew: "We are ready, are you? We will turn your nights into days”

Treasury Increases Pressure on Iran’s Sanctions-Evading Shadow Fleet content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UST...

Senior #Hamas leader Osama Hamdan: "There is not a single leader inside Hamas opposing the 7 October decision, neither secretly nor publicly" monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/b000...

Cutting Off Hamas’s European Fundraising Spigot European countries are designating and prosecuting Hamas’s financial lifeline, but far more needs to be done.

Cutting Off #Hamas’s European Fundraising Spigot

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There have been at least 48 major incidents targeting synagogues
and Jewish community events worldwide, since the 7 Oct 2023 Hamas-led mass casualty attacks against Israel.

If you cannot condemn “globalize the Intifada” loudly & unequivocally then you are part of problem.