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The Middle East Forum presents this week's webinars.

 

Revealing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Activities in Britain



with David Rose


David Rose has just published ground-breaking investigative articles on the activities of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in the United Kingdom.  He revealed the IRGC’s plans to assassinate high-profile Jewish targets, its use of Iranian government-owned schools and mosques as propaganda hubs, British-Iranian academic scientific collaboration on military technology, and talks by at least eight IRGC commanders to students at British universities. His work has finally provoked a debate at the highest levels of the UK government to proscribe the IRGC. 

Monday, October 2, 2023
1:00pm - 1:30pm ET
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David Rose is politics and investigations editor of the Jewish Chronicle. He has worked for national and international media organizations including the Guardian, Observer, Vanity Fair, Mail on Sunday and BBC TV current affairs, and is the author of six non-fiction books and a spy novel. He holds a degree in history from the University of Oxford.
 



Israel Insider



with Ashley Perry

The fracas over Yom Kippur prayers shows the ruptures in Israeli society. How much of this results from political fighting? What can politicians do to reduce tensions?

Wednesday, October 4, 2023
3:00pm - 3:30pm ET
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Ashley Perry is an advisor to the Middle East Forum’s Israel office. He served as adviser to Israel's minister of foreign affairs and deputy prime minister in 2009-15. He is president of Reconectar, an organization dedicated to relinking the over 200 million descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jews to Israel and Jewish life. Originally from the UK, he moved to Israel in 2001. He holds a BA from University College London and an MA from Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).
 
 

Iran and Hostage Diplomacy 



with Nizar Zakka


Taking hostages has been a mainstay of the Iranian regime’s foreign policy since the U.S. embassy seizure in 1979, enabling it to extract concessions from the West (recall the $6 billion just paid for five hostages). What benefits has hostage taking brought Tehran? What harm has it done the West? What can the outside world do to end this practice? 

Friday, October 6, 2023
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Nizar Hakka, a Lebanese national with U.S. permanent-resident status, attended a conference on entrepreneurship in 2015 in Tehran – at the invitation of the Iranian Government. Kidnapped by the IRGC on his way to the airport, he spent almost four years in captivity. Upon his release, he established Hostage Aid Worldwide, a U.S. non-profit organization that assists “hostage victims and their families by providing insights on their cases, coordination with governments & UN bodies” and develops “a strategy to disrupt the hostage business model.” He holds a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Texas.

 



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