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The more setbacks Iran experiences at home and in the region, the more
attractive these fairly cost-free operations become,” @Levitt_Matt, a senior fellow @WashInstitute told me. Levitt maintains a digital map that tracks Iranian-backed plots abroad since the country’s revolution. Over the past five years, he has recorded more than two hundred—nearly double the number documented from 1979 to 2021. Many have targeted dissidents or journalists whom the regime accuses of aiding its enemies and fomenting unrest in Iran. “Unless Western governments find a real way to increase the costs, the regime will continue to get away with kidnapping, conducting surveillance, and ultimately trying to murder people on their soil,” Levitt told me.
The Iranian government is hiring criminals—Russian mobsters, Hells Angels bikers, and even Swedish teen-agers—to attack its detractors and intimidate Iranians in exile. Phillip Smyth, a researcher who tracks Iran’s proxies, said that the regime has grown dependent on disposable assassins because they’re cheaper than sending Iranian agents overseas. “Criminals can obtain false documents, cross borders, rent safe houses, arrange cars, move money, and disappear,” Smyth told me. The use of local criminals, who don’t have any affiliation with Iran, forces European governments to “invest more in domestic security,” and demonstrates that “any crook can wreak havoc” in diaspora communities. The tactic also makes it difficult for investigators to link the plots to the Iranian regime. Read Cora Engelbrecht’s full report: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/v1…
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The Iranian government is hiring criminals—Russian mobsters, Hells Angels bikers, and even Swedish teen-agers—to attack its detractors and intimidate Iranians in exile. Phillip Smyth, a researcher who tracks Iran’s proxies, said that the regime has grown dependent on disposable assassins because they’re cheaper than sending Iranian agents overseas. “Criminals can obtain false documents, cross borders, rent safe houses, arrange cars, move money, and disappear,” Smyth told me. The use of local criminals, who don’t have any affiliation with Iran, forces European governments to “invest more in domestic security,” and demonstrates that “any crook can wreak havoc” in diaspora communities. The tactic also makes it difficult for investigators to link the plots to the Iranian regime. Read Cora Engelbrecht’s full report: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/v1…
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Must-read piece here by @CoraEngelbrecht in @NewYorker on Iran's hybrid approach and use of disposable agents newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
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In an interactive story, a civilian in Tehran chronicles a country trapped between bombardment and repression—too terrorized to move, let alone start an uprising. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/oQ…
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Mehdi Mahmoudian, the activist and Oscar-nominated co-writer of “It Was Just an Accident,” speaks about the abuses he’s witnessed and endured, war between the U.S. and Iran, and the true stories behind the film. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/GF…
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یکی از کارکنان بیمارستانی در رشت از صدها مدرک، از جمله سی‌تی‌اسکن و رادیوگرافی، عکس گرفته و نگه داشته. یکی از این تصاویر استخوانِ خُردشده‌ی ران مادری ۴٧ساله را نشان می‌دهد که وقتی خودش را سپرِ پسرش کرد، گلوله خورد. در اسکن مغز یک پرستار که هنگام خروج از بیمارستان تیر خورد، ساچمه‌ای فلزی در ناحیه‌ی سر دیده می‌شود. مأموران حین عمل جراحی با کادر پزشکی درگیر می‌شدند. یکی از انترن‌ها، پس از اصابتِ ساچمه‌ی فلزی از نزدیک، بستری شد. مادری شتابان وارد بخش شد و عکس پسر گمشده‌اش را در گوشی‌اش به جراحان و پرستاران نشان می‌داد. پس از رفتنش، مأموران جنازه‌ای آوردند که صورتش صورتِ همان پسر بود. دست‌هایش را بسته بودند و جای گلوله‌ای در سرش بود...
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The Iranian regime has targeted wounded protesters seeking help. In response, medical workers throughout the country have forged secret units to treat those injured in the uprising. newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
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Powerful piece by @CoraEngelbrecht on the heroism of Iran’s doctors and nurses, risking their own lives to treat thousands wounded protestors. This concluding quote is a widely heard sentiment: newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
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Today, my father was convicted simply for being my father.
This is how the Hong Kong government retaliates against me and my pro-democracy advocacy. This is hostage taking. This is transnational repression.
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After Iranians took to the streets in Mashhad, security forces opened fire on the crowd. An eyewitness shares his experience of the massacre. newyorker.com/news/as-told-t…
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The U.S. sanctioned six Chinese and Hong Kong officials for targeting pro-democracy activists overseas.
@CoraEngelbrecht spoke with more than 30 Hong Kong activists who fled to the U.K. The harassment and violence they tried to escape have followed them: theatlantic.com/internationa…
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During this difficult time, we finally see another sanction targeting human rights perpetrators who put $1 mil bounties on me and 18 other Hong Kongers who trying hard to make our voice heard. Looking forward to seeing other allies taking action too.
state.gov/u-s-sanctions-six-…
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Thank you to @CoraEngelbrecht of @TheAtlantic for this important article on 🇨🇳 transnational repression against #HongKong activists in the 🇬🇧, including Hong Kong Watch Advisor @finnlau_cd.
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Thank you @TheAtlantic and @CoraEngelbrecht for shining a light on the important work of our colleagues. I look forward to the day when we can honor these brave journalists by proudly using their real names instead of pen names.
The exiled Afghans of Amu TV are holding the Taliban to account—from 7,000 miles away. @CoraEngelbrecht reports: theatlantic.com/internationa…
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What an outstanding profile, such insightful answers, and beautiful photos from Amu Television. I wish my colleagues even more success, as they are undoubtedly a beacon of hope for a democratic Afghanistan.@AmuTelevision @CoraEngelbrecht
The exiled Afghans of Amu TV are holding the Taliban to account—from 7,000 miles away. @CoraEngelbrecht reports: theatlantic.com/internationa…
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The exiled Afghans of Amu TV are holding the Taliban to account—from 7,000 miles away. @CoraEngelbrecht reports: theatlantic.com/internationa…
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More than 800 schoolgirls fall sick in Iran, officials suspect deliberate poisoning. Girls have been hospitalized in over 10 cities with respiratory, cardiac and neurological symptoms.
nytimes.com/2023/03/01/world…
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Women in Iran are defying mandatory hijab in public. Hair is suddenly everywhere: left long and flowing in the malls; tied in a bun on the streets; styled into bobs on public transportation; and pulled into ponytails at schools and on university campuses
nytimes.com/2023/02/25/world…
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Two days after the US published a report claiming Russia has abducted at least 6,000 Ukrainian children, children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova tells Putin she "adopted" a 15-year-old from Mariupol herself.
"All thanks to you, Vladimir Vladimirovich!"
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A powerful earthquake struck Turkey and Syria before dawn on Monday, killing more than 3,800 people, destroying thousands of buildings and shattering lives in a region already rocked by war, a refugee crisis and economic distress. nyti.ms/40LFCGH
