Iran Is Using Foreign Criminals to Attack Its Critics Overseas

https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/iran-is-using-foreign-criminals-to-attack-its-critics-overseas

21•firefax•2h ago

Comments

pazimzadeh•32m ago

terrible. pretty sure all major intelligence agencies do this to some degree

NDlurker•27m ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardeep_Singh_Nijjar

Too many examples from US, Israel, Russia

gcanyon•31m ago

No matter how absurd the situation becomes, no matter how engaging the videos are, we should never be fooled into thinking Iran are the good guys. This is an unfortunate, ill-conceived war, but that doesn't clean Iran's hands.

FpUser•26m ago

>"This is an unfortunate, ill-conceived war" - yeah, like we went in and killed some people. Oopsy but that's ok cause we're the good guys. Your logic stinks disregarding how bad the other side is.

ElProlactin•25m ago

> No matter how absurd the situation becomes, no matter how engaging the videos are, we should never be fooled into thinking Iran are the good guys.

I don't think there are many people who believe "Iran are the good guys."

Lots of people do understand that bombing civilian infrastructure, killing innocent civilians, and taking actions that were inevitably going to lead Iran to respond with the goal of inflicting widespread economic damage has in many ways actually helped and emboldened the Iranian regime.

This wasn't just "unfortunate" and "ill-conceived". It was stupid and arguably criminal.

newspaper1•22m ago

> I don't think there are many people who believe "Iran are the good guys."

I'd consider them allies at least given that all of the bad guys hate Iran with a burning passion. Iran is also the only major country on earth that have actually stood up to Israel and helped defend Palestinians.

applicative•4m ago

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applicative•8m ago

These are all things Ukraine does, "bombing civilian infrastructure, killing innocent civilians, and taking actions that were inevitably going to lead Iran[Russia] to respond with the goal of inflicting widespread economic damage". It is extremely tiresome to hear such a litany without a wider analysis. In its mad program to retain control of ... Syria, of all places ... Iran killed and incinerated and dissolved in acid more people than any of this idiocy will ever add up to.

tyjen•29m ago

Reminds me of a recent story about a Norwegian teenager who traveled to the UK to perform a hitman job for the Foxtrot Network, a Swedish organized crime group linked to Iran. The teenager received instructions from someone called "Agent 47."

EDIT: Article for reference, https://archive.ph/xNSr2.

newspaper1•25m ago

Iran has nothing on Israel when it comes to interfering with other nations. This is simply propaganda and missing the elephant in the room (on purpose of course).

doodlebugging•23m ago

Sounds like some of Trump's people are double-dipping Uncle Sam and the Ayatollah.

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