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Coronavirus and Conspiracy Theories in Iran
Iran was one of the early countries hit hard by the coronavirus. In this month’s episode of Counterpoint, host Daniel Schwammenthal is joined by Kasra Aarabi, Analyst at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, to discuss the Shi’ite Islamist ideology driving the regime's inadequate response to the pandemic, Tehran’s dissemination of antisemitic and anti-American blood libels, as well as the terrorist threat stemming from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
AJC Congratulates EU Lawmakers on Triggering Debate on Iran’s Terror Plots in Europe
Strasbourg – 14 February 2019 – The AJC Transatlantic Institute congratulated the initiators of today’s European Parliament debate on the recent spate of Iranian terror plots on European soil and the EU’s response to these crimes.
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Counterpoint | Episode 1
Hosted by Daniel Schwammenthal, director of the AJC Transatlantic Institute, MEP Monika Hohlmeier, co-author of the report for the Special Committee on Terrorism, and Björn Stritzel, investigative journalist at the BILD newspaper, discussed the findings of the EU Parliament’s Special Committee...
AJC Calls on the EU to Sanction Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Expel Ambassadors
Brussels - 17 January 2018 – Following yesterday’s Germany-wide police raids on 10 suspected Iranian agents believed to have spied on potential Israeli and Jewish terror targets –...
Iran Deal is an Opportunity to Revive the Transatlantic Partnership
By Michael Sieveking
5 December 2017
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The Legal Case for Putting the IRGC on the EU's Terror List
According to Common Position 2001/931/CFSP, individuals or organizations can be added to the EU terror list when a “decision has been taken by a judicial or equivalen competent authority in respect of the...