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* Nima Gholam Ali Pour: Iran: Its Foreign Ministry's Agents of Influence in Sweden and the US
* Lawrence Kadish: China's Increasingly Aggressive Incursions into the Indo-Pacific


** Iran: Its Foreign Ministry's Agents of Influence in Sweden and the US ([link removed])
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by Nima Gholam Ali Pour • July 22, 2025 at 5:00 am
* The "Iran Experts Initiative" (IEI)... was first proposed in 2014 by... a member of the internal think tank of Iran's Foreign Ministry, the "Institute for Political and International Studies" (IPIS).
* Ali Vaez and Ariane Tabatabai... were also members of the IEI.
* How can all these prominent think tanks and influential experts enter into cooperation with IPIS, which — apart from being an integral part of the Iranian regime — organized a Holocaust conference in 2006 featuring Holocaust deniers such as David Duke and the neo-Nazi German National Democratic Party (NPD)?
* The purpose of the IEI for the Iranian regime has been to establish a number of reputable and knowledgeable contacts who support the idea of a "nuclear deal" -- which, in the long run, means that the regime in Iran will get nuclear weapons -- and to promote Iran's perspective on this nuclear deal and its desired structure in Western Europe and North America.
* [T]he Swedish Security Service considers Iran to be one of the three countries that pose the greatest threat to Sweden.
* Does anyone seriously believe the mullahs' lies that they do not want to build nuclear weapons?
* If the mullahs truly wanted peace, they would dismantle their support for terrorist organizations, abandon their ambitions to build nuclear weapons, stop pouring resources into fueling conflicts in neighboring countries, and cease spreading hatred toward the Western world.
* The door must be closed to these lobbyists for the Iranian regime.... The mullahs' regime is an enemy of the West, but the mullahs' lobbyists must be treated as enemies, too.

On January 31, Sweden's TV4 reported that leaked documents from Iran's Foreign Ministry linked Iran expert Rouzbeh Parsi, head of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, to a network initiated by Iran's Foreign Ministry, with the aim of increasing the country's influence in the West. Since 75% of the funding for the Swedish Institute of International Affairs comes from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden's Foreign Minister, Maria Malmer Stenergard (pictured), demanded more information regarding these allegations. (Photo by Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images)

On January 31, Sweden's TV4 reported that leaked documents from Iran's Foreign Ministry linked Iran expert Rouzbeh Parsi, head of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, to a network initiated by Iran's Foreign Ministry, with the aim of increasing the country's influence in the West.

Since 75% of the funding for the Swedish Institute of International Affairs comes from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden's Foreign Minister, Maria Malmer Stenergard, demanded more information regarding these allegations. As there was criticism and questions from several parties in the Swedish Parliament, the Institute launched an investigation to examine the allegations against Parsi.

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** China's Increasingly Aggressive Incursions into the Indo-Pacific ([link removed])
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by Lawrence Kadish • July 22, 2025 at 4:00 am
Communist China has dramatically increased its military strength – from an ocean-going navy to new stealth fighters to an aggressive space program. Pictured: Sailors and fighter jets on the deck of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy aircraft carrier Liaoning in the sea near Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on April 23, 2019. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images)

Media reports reveal that China is extending its military reach ever deeper into the Pacific. China is using its powerful naval fleet to remind nations throughout the region that it is the communist giant of the 21^st century. Of particular note is that these ships include aircraft carriers that are challenging to build and operate. Mastering naval aviation is a sign of a competent, professional and well-armed navy.

Military analysts note that these Chinese assets sailed around the continent of Australia earlier this year. The expedition was an unmistakable message to democratic Australia that China will send its fleet where it wants, when it wants, and for whatever purpose it deems appropriate.

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