Although the connection between the Canadian far right and the pro-Reza Pahlavi movement is weaker than in Europe, growing diaspora violence shows it’s now taking root in Canada.
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By cutting internet access during uprisings, the Iranian regime turns connectivity itself into a mechanism of control.
While Iran’s current protest movement was sparked by economic collapse, its momentum has revealed ideological disagreements within the dynamics of diaspora politics.
The 75-year-old pop star is part of a generation of Iranians in the diaspora who are watching, with bated breath, as their compatriots seek to topple the Islamic Republic.
Iran has a well-established pattern of targeting dissidents and Jewish institutions. It’s now arrived on Australian shores.
News reporting on Iran encourages a view of the regime as homogeneous, ideological and separate from the people. But many Iranians have ambivalent views on the state.
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