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German Intelligence Agency Report Warns Against Regime’s Terror Threats
In its annual report, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Germany’s federal domestic intelligence agency, published details of the espionage, terrorist and cyber activities of the Iranian regime, especially against the opposition on German soil.
The report states: “Mainly the activities directed against Germany continue to come from the Ministry of Intelligence (VAJA, mostly MOIS abbreviated). Its focus is in particular on Iranian opposition groups that are active in Germany. Next to the MOIS, the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, which also acts as a secret service, is active in Germany.”
“Since 2019, Iranian intelligence services have repeatedly carried out costly, complex and professionally executed kidnappings of high-ranking targets from the opposition spectrum,” the report adds.” In some cases, these foreign operations are preceded by long-term reconnaissance activities. Individuals living in Germany can also become victims of such operations by Iranian authorities, especially when traveling to countries bordering Iran.”
UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET
Samin Nessari and Saba Eskandari – Two More Female Students Are Deprived of Education
Two female students, Samin Nessari and Saba Eskandari, have been temporarily banned from studying. Samin Nessari, a history undergraduate student at Kharazmi University in Tehran, has been sentenced by the university’s disciplinary committee to a one-and-a-half-year suspension from education. Samin Nessari had also lost her previous semester because she was banned from entering the university.
Former World Leaders Rally to Support Iran’s Uprising for Regime Change
Several former heads of state convened at a conference in Paris, France on Thursday, June 22 to announce their support for the Iranian people’s uprising and their organized Resistance.
The attendants were among the 117 former world leaders who recently wrote a letter to President Joe Biden of the United States and the leaders of the 27 Member States of the European Union, expressing their support for the Ten-Point Plan presented by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). They emphasized their belief that the future of Iran should be determined by the Iranian people themselves and recognized the NCRI’s decades-long pursuit of democratic change in Iran.
Iran’s Terrorist Regime Remains Blacklisted by FATF
On June 23, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced that the Iranian regime remains on its blacklist and requested its members to limit all financial, commercial and banking relations with Iranian individuals and organization until a more detailed evaluation in accordance with recommendation letter No. 19.
In a recent meeting, the group announced that due to Tehran’s failure to ratify and implemented the Palermo and CFT conventions, the regime will remain on the countermeasure list of this organization along with North Korea and Myanmar.
FATF is a non-governmental organization that develops and promotes policies and standards to combat financial crimes. The recommendations created by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) target money laundering, terrorist financing and other threats to the global financial system.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – June 24, 2023
