#Iran turns to #HellsAngels & other #criminal #gangs to target critics
Iran has cultivated ties w/criminal networks in the #West to carry out a recent wave of #violent plots in the #UnitedStates & #Europe.
In the months before his attackers tracked him down, the exiled Iranian #journalist had been moved in & out of safe houses by #London’s Metro Police, given a secret way to signal rescue units & installed monitoring devices in his home.
#geopolitics #PoliticalViolence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/12/iran-criminal-gangs-target-dissidents/