homeless even in exile; How do Iran and Russia target their enemies abroad?

homeless even in exile; How do Iran and Russia target their enemies abroad?

An Iranian expatriate in Canada says that a person or people entered his home and left a threatening message with a kitchen knife. In Germany, a Russian critic of the Kremlin says constant pressure and threats have left him with a "constant sense of persecution and threat" about his security.

Experts say that in many cases, authoritarian governments don't pay much for targeting their opponents outside borders.

At noon on a Thursday in early March, Milad Portalbian came home and saw that his apartment was messy and someone had entered it. But the details that caught his attention a little later showed that he was not dealing with an ordinary robbery: his baseball cap with the slogan "Bringing greatness back to Iran" was smashed against the wall with a large kitchen knife. Portalbian, a citizen of Iran, traveled to Canada in 2024 and since then has been active in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, organizing gatherings of opponents of the Islamic Republic abroad.

The incident of entering his house happened a few days after the American airstrikes and captures on March 9, 1404, which led to the start of the war with Iran. Prior to this, Portalbian received a series of threats on the Internet regarding its activities. This 32-year-old man immediately reported the incident to the local police and said that he believed he was being targeted because of his political activities.

He told Radio Europe Azad/Radio Release: "At first this incident was very scary for me," but he added that he was able to overcome that feeling later.

Read the full report on the Radio Farda website.