Basij

Afghan Women’s Rights Leader, Shabana Basij-Rasikh, to Deliver Roger Williams University Commencement Address

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

During her visit to Roger Williams University in 2021, Basij-Rasikh spoke about women’s rights and access to girls’ education in Afghanistan.

Key Points: 
  • During her visit to Roger Williams University in 2021, Basij-Rasikh spoke about women’s rights and access to girls’ education in Afghanistan.
  • COMMENCEMENT DATE: The university-wide Commencement celebration for undergraduate, graduate and law students of the Class of 2024 will be held on Friday, May 17.
  • LIVESTREAM: RWU will provide a livestream enabled for broadcast and radio recording of the main university ceremony.
  • PHOTO CAPTION: Shabana Basij-Rasikh, founder of the School of Leadership Afghanistan (SOLA), will deliver the keynote speech and receive an honorary degree at the RWU Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 17.

Press release - Parliament calls for more sanctions against Iranian regime

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Saturday, January 21, 2023

Any country in which the IRGC deploys military, economic, or informational operations should sever and outlaw ties with this agency.

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  • Any country in which the IRGC deploys military, economic, or informational operations should sever and outlaw ties with this agency.
  • Those responsible for the killing of hundreds of protesters must be brought to justice, they say.
  • Finally, MEPs express deep concern over the structural transnational repression carried out by the authorities of the Islamic Republic, which includes espionage and assassinations, against the Iranian diaspora living in the EU.
  • They call on the EU and the member states to protect those affected more robustly against such repression.

Treadstone 71 releases details of hybrid operations and cognitive warfare actions by Iran

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Friday, July 22, 2022

HALF MOON BAY, Calif., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Treadstone 71, LLC, your primary source for cyber intelligence and counterintelligence training and services, released in-depth details of Iranian intelligence-backed hybrid operations and cognitive warfare actions.

Key Points: 
  • HALF MOON BAY, Calif., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Treadstone 71, LLC, your primary source for cyber intelligence and counterintelligence training and services, released in-depth details of Iranian intelligence-backed hybrid operations and cognitive warfare actions.
  • For example, they issue instructions to Basij Cyber Battalion members to start cyber operations against opposition groups such as the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)," stated Jeff Bardin, Chief Intelligence Officer at Treadstone 71.
  • These actions combined with physical infiltration of Iranian protests and demonstrations and distributed denial of service attacks shows a hybrid warfare approach to Iranian regime attacks against any opposition, internal and external."
  • With Putin's visit to Iran, Treadstone 71 expects Russian participation in anti-dissident operations.