Tag: Iranian Diaspora
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What the US can do about human rights in Iran
This article is part of an MEI strategic initiative that examines how to enhance regional cooperation between the United States and its partners on addressing the challenges posed by Iran across the region, particularly in key areas like Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Israel-Palestine, and the Ukraine war. Through a series of articles, short papers, events,…
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What the US can do about human rights in Iran
This article is part of an MEI strategic initiative that examines how to enhance regional cooperation between the United States and its partners on addressing the challenges posed by Iran across the region, particularly in key areas like Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Israel-Palestine, and the Ukraine war. Through a series of articles, short papers, events,…
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Is Iran Next?
Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In 2005, in the summer of that year, while visiting Iran, I happened to meet an opinionated man. The first thing he asked me was whether I was coming from abroad. He could tell. I replied, yes. He told me, well you are lucky. Here we’re suffering. …
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From Tehran to Toronto: A Journey of transformation and the fight against Antisemitism
Ali Siadatan, Iranian-born Educational Director at the Canadian ‘Tafsik’ grassroots organization, recounts his story of enlightenment, de-radicalization, and combatting totalitarian ideologies. By OHAD MERLIN OCTOBER 8, 2024 22:03 Updated: OCTOBER 8, 2024 22:28 Ali Siadatan, the Educational Director of Tafsik. (photo credit: Courtesy) Ali Siadatan, the Educational Director of Tafsik, a grassroots organization born out…
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Government aides plot crackdown on secret Iranian agents radicalising Brits
SENIOR government aides are preparing to proscribe the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps by the end of the year. The Sun understands that plans are being drawn up for a major crackdown on agents of Tehran covertly radicalising Brits on UK soil. 1 Current sanctions on Iran do not prevent state-linked organisations spreading jihadi propagandaCredit: Rex…
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The fall and potential rise of Iran-Israel relations – opinion
The Pahlavi family provides an Iranian opposition. By JUDAH WAXELBAUM SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 02:57 An image of Reza Pahlavi is seen while people protest against the Iranian regime, following the death of Mahsa Amini, outside Iran’s embassy in central London, Britain, two years ago. (photo credit: HENRY NICHOLLS/REUTERS) Earlier this month, Iran’s exiled crown prince…
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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…
