
Iran’s Strategy of Terrorist Blackmail in a Historic Perspective
This article argues that the Iranian regime successfully uses a terrorist blackmail strategy
Drawing on a variety of sources, the team examines the impact of the links between Iran and global terrorist activity. Specifically, the team explores internal and external Iranian discourse and its influence on Iranian decision making. The desk also monitors how these influences impact Iranian the operational and tactical decisions implemented by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and its branches/proxies around the world. The desk’s publications will also review methods of coping with this extensive activity, examining the effectiveness of arrests, sanctions, and counter-terror activities. This article argues that the Iranian regime successfully uses a terrorist blackmail strategy Over the past decades, Hezbollah has built a well-oiled, multi-billion-dollar illicit finance and Hassan Nasrallah and Hezbollah’s threats on Karish gas drilling rig and prevent the One of the major areas terrorist organizations operate to influence their enemy’s publicThe “Iran and Shi’ite Terrorism” Desk is engaged in the analysis of Iran’s involvement in terrorist activity.
Dr. Ely Karmon
Head of Desk
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