Tzvi Kahn

Senior Iran Analyst, Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Tzvi Kahn is a senior Iran analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a nonpartisan research institute focusing on national security and foreign policy. Follow him on Twitter @TzviKahn.

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