“Close the Iranian embassy in Stockholm” [Swedish]
The Iranian embassies around the world conduct serious crimes in the form of espionage and terrorism. Therefore, Sweden should close Iran’s embassy, writes Ardavan Khoshnood.
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Intelligence Communities and the Media — The Case of the Danish Spymaster Lars Findsen
The case of Lars Findsen and the threat to media by the Danish intelligence community for not exposing what is deemed to be top-secret information of vital interest for the notion of national security, creates several problems that must be addressed.
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Do not underestimate Putin and the Russian military [Swedish]
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was – contrary to popular belief – highly anticipated and Putin’s actions are in line with Russia’s security policy strategy. Putin is neither crazy nor unpredictable. It is also too early to say that the Russian invasion has failed because there are many indications that the Russian strategy is to exhaust…
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Medical Intelligence – Sub-report 1 [Swedish]
The report is the first of three sub-reports and presents the results of research commissioned by the Armed Forces.
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This is how we reverse the trend [Swedish]
The police should learn from the United States and centralize their fight against gang criminality. A national center with this main task can be a beginning to the end for the gangs, writes Ardavan Khoshnood who is an associate professor of Emergency Medicine at Lund University and a criminologist and political scientist.
Meet Esmaeil Khatib, Iran’s New Spymaster
The new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, has selected cleric Esmail Khatib as Minister of Intelligence. Khatib is a radical Islamist with close ties to both Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. During his tenure, we can expect a more aggressive approach by the Ministry of Intelligence,…
Firearm-Related Homicide in Sweden: A Latent Class Analysis of Suspected Offenders
Sweden has witnessed a significant increase in the rate of firearm-related homicide. We therefore aimed to study the characteristics of individuals suspected of homicide, attempted homicide, preparation to commit homicide as well as conspiracy to commit homicide with a firearm in Sweden. By using information from different registers, suspected individuals between 2000 and 2017 and…
The Assassination of Fakhrizadeh—A Major Iranian Counterintelligence Failure?
The assassination of Iranian top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is one of numerous assassinations in Iran conducted by foreign powers ever since 2007. In the past six months, assassins have in addition to Fakhrizadeh also been able to kill Al-Qaida’s no. 2 on Iranian soil. The three most important organizations in the Iranian intelligence community…
Who Is Muhammad Reza Fallahzadeh?
Iran’s newly appointed Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Quds Force, Muhammad Reza Fallahzadeh, is not only an experienced military man but also a politician with diplomatic experience. He is a vital asset for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which wants to see its own man elected president in the June elections.