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Analysis: Iran’s web of terror and propaganda: The case of Al Mustafa University
Al Mustafa International University, a religious seminar in Iran’s city of Qom, is a key instrument of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s efforts to spread its revolutionary ideology. Its cooperation with the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has earned it sanctions from the United States and Canada, and some of its graduates have been implicated in terrorist plots. Yet, the organization’s work overseas continues with little interference from local authorities.
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Brazil
Britain detains partner of journalist linked to Snowden
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Brazil
Brazil: Police found, destroyed bomb before pope’s visit
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Brazil
Brazilian police in Curitiba arrested Hamzi Ahmad Barakat, a Lebanese citizen with ties to Hezbollah, on charges of setting up front companies to defraud Lebanese immigrants. In 2006 the US designated Barakat a terrorist for using a store in Paraguay to help fund Hezbollah, which the US considers a terrorist group. Barakat’s brother Assad Ahmad Barakat, who was deported to Paraguay in 2002, was added to the US’s list of terrorists in 2004.
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Angola
Why Argentina is reaching out to Iran
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Brazil
In a lawsuit brought by the National Islamic Union, a court in Sao Paolo ordered the removal of an anti-Islam film from YouTube. At the UN, President Rousseff accused Western countries of “Islamophobia.” Hundreds marched in Sao Paolo on Sept. 21 protesting the film and chanting anti-US slogans.
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Afghanistan
Exxon Mobil Signals Interest in Afghan Oil Concession
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Brazil
Panetta warns on Latin America terrorism
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Azerbaijan
Global military spending flattens as US cuts back, Russia adds
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Israel
Israeli Credit Card Numbers Exposed in Cyberattack
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Afghanistan
US to Buy 20 War Planes from Brazil for Afghan Mission
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Brazil
Islam takes root in land of bikinis and Carnival
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Brazil
Aircraft Carriers in Service Worldwide
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Argentina
Argentina developing nuclear-powered submarine
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Al Qaeda
Report: Al Qaeda active in Latin America’s ‘Triple Frontier’
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Brazil
The US warned Brazil that 21 al Qaeda and other Islamist terrorists are based in the country. Among them is Khaled Hussein Ali, who runs an internet cafe and manages Jihad Media Battalion, an al Qaeda propaganda arm.
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Pakistan
Pakistan could see Tunisia-style unrest: Red Cross
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Iran
Special report: Tracking Iran’s nuclear money trail to Turkey
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Syria
Syria courts Latin America for oil, trade, and expats
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Iran
Iran’s new revolutionary politics
