Category: Iranian diaspora
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Exiled Iran Opposition Group Says Sweden Offices Firebombed
By AFP – Agence France Presse September 9, 2024 Order Reprints Print Article Text size An exiled Iranian opposition group said Monday that its offices in Stockholm were firebombed overnight with “Molotov cocktails”, with police saying they had opened an investigation into arson. According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the political…
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US elections campaign hacking: The rise of Iranian Revolutionary Guard hackers
Pixels International The activity of Iranian hackers, who had already attacked the 2020 election campaign, is not new. However, it has been on the rise since last year. Lire en français Subscribers only There has been theft of internal documents from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and hacking attempts against Kamala Harris’. But there were also…
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Negah Angha: It’s crucial to understand and listen to diverse MENA voices
MENASource August 21, 2024 • 1:30 pm ET Holly Dagres Negah Angha is an Iranian-American foreign policy and national security expert with nearly two decades of experience in the US government. In her seventeen years at the State Department, she developed US law enforcement and counterterrorism policies, represented the US in negotiations at the United…
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The next Liberal leadership contest could be a mess of foreign interference: Geoff Russ for Inside Policy | Macdonald … – The Macdonald-Laurier Institute
By Geoff Russ, July 9, 2024 Foreign interference is no longer just a threat to Canada – it has already arrived. In fact, it’s a cancer poisoning our political system, posing the gravest internal danger to our collective security since the Cold War. As an open, participatory democracy, our political parties are the entry point…
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Pressure mounts on NGO to sever ties with ex-Iran official who supports atomic bomb
Nader’s criticism of the pro-Hamas and pro-Hezbollah academic, Mousavian, who teaches at Princeton University, comes amid a slated Thursday demonstration against the former Iranian official. By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL JUNE 22, 2024 20:51 Updated: JUNE 22, 2024 21:22 Head of Iran’s IAEA delegation Mousavian listens to a journalist’s question prior to IAEA board of governors meeting…
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Feminist Foreign and Development Policy in Practice – Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
Claudia Zilla (Hg.) Deutsch Requirements and Potentials SWP Research Paper 2024/RP 09, 21.06.2024, 81 Seiten doi:10.18449/2024RP09 Forschungsgebiete Feminist foreign policy (FFP) provides a policy framework for government action and for processes and structures within ministries. The introduction of such a framework is linked to a change in policy that is intended to help reduce discriminatory…
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Canada Designates IRGC as Terrorist Organization
Latest Developments Canada’s federal government designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on June 19 as a terrorist organization pursuant to the Criminal Code. The move comes after years of pressure from Canada’s parliament, opposition, and Iranian diaspora, which have repeatedly highlighted the IRGC’s longstanding role in fomenting international terrorism, including against Canadians. The move…
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Canada lists Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group – Saudi Gazette
TORONTO — Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, after years of pressure from opposition legislators and some members of the Iranian diaspora. Announcing the decision on Wednesday, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc called it a “significant tool in fighting global terrorism”. The move will mean that thousands of…
