ICYMI: UANI Testifies Before House Foreign Affairs Committee on “Comprehensively Countering the Iranian Regime’s Malign Activities”

(New York, NY) – On April 1, 2025, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing titled "A Return to Maximum Pressure: Comprehensively Countering the Iranian Regime's Malign Activities." United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) was represented by Senior Advisor Norman Roule and Chief of Staff and Director, Iran Tanker Tracking Program, Claire Jungman, who offered powerful testimony on the urgent need to confront Iran’s escalating threats.

Norman Roule: Iran’s Nuclear and Regional Threats Are Reaching a Breaking Point

“For over two decades, Iran has used its nuclear program and regional militias as its primary tools of power projection. Tehran’s role in the deaths of hundreds of Americans and tens of thousands of citizens in the Middle East is routinely acknowledged,” Roule said. He warned that Iran's missiles and drones are not only “killing Ukrainians and threatening shipping in the Red Sea,” but that Tehran has “evaded meaningful consequences” in part due to Western fears that retaliation might push Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.


“These aggressive policies have gradually become entwined in Iran’s malign sword and shield foreign policy,” Roule said, underscoring the need for urgent U.S. action and pointing to disturbing recent findings from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), saying: “Tehran has built a nuclear program which has no justifiable civilian purpose.”


“Iran now appears capable of producing the first quantity of 90% enriched uranium sufficient for one nuclear weapon in about a week,” he continued. “Tehran’s current stockpile of 60% enriched uranium is sufficient for about seven nuclear weapons.”


“Assuming use of Iran’s entire stock of enriched uranium and centrifuge capacity…Iran could produce fissile material sufficient for approximately 10 nuclear weapons in a month. Let those numbers sink in.”


Claire Jungman: Iran’s Oil Revenues Fund Terror, Nuclear Ambitions

Claire Jungman emphasized that “disrupting Iran’s malign behavior is a matter of urgent national security,” beginning with a crackdown on the regime’s oil sector.


“Despite U.S. sanctions, Iran continues to export over 1.5 million barrels of oil per day, earning tens of billions of dollars annually,” she said. “These revenues are not just supportive of Iran’s economy, but they are directly funding terrorism, nuclear ambitions, and regional destabilization.”


Jungman highlighted the growing role of the U.S. terrorist-designated Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), stating: “Up to half of Iran’s oil exports are now controlled by the IRGC.”


“This means that every barrel of Iranian oil sold on the black market strengthens the IRGC’s hand, bankrolling groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, underwriting weapons development and fueling nuclear expansion.”


“We’ve seen the consequences,” Jungman warned. “Iran-backed militias have launched attacks across the region, emboldened by the cushion that oil exports have provided.”


“The goal should be to drive Iran’s oil revenues as close to zero as possible.”


Jungman also pointed to Iran’s increasing reliance on illicit revenue streams: “crypto mining and laundering, shadow banking networks, dollar smuggling from Iraq, and barter trade with Russia and Syria.” She added, “These activities are harder to track but deeply dangerous.”


“In total, we estimate Iran has generated over $100 billion in oil revenues since 2021 and additional billions through crypto and smuggling networks,” she said. “These funds have empowered its proxies and enabled nuclear brinkmanship.”


Still, Jungman emphasized that sanctions still work when properly enforced and outlined her recommendations for further U.S. action. 



View opening statements here. 
Full committee session here.
Read transcript of testimony from Norman Roule.  
Read transcript of testimony from Claire Jungman.