Hezbollah: Iran’s Henchmen in Brazil
Hezbollah: Iran’s Henchmen in Brazil – Across Latin America, Iran’s public face appears innocuous: mosques, cultural centers, schools, halal …
Across Latin America, Iran’s public face appears innocuous: mosques, cultural centers, schools, halal meat inspectors, religious literature, social work and even Boy Scout groups. Yet beneath the veneer of piety, outreach and interfaith dialogue, Tehran leverages connections with anti-American regimes and movements to gain a foothold in the region, and to indoctrinate local Muslims in its brand of revolutionary Islam. Rather than relying on the traditional tools of statecraft, Iran advances its agenda with mosques and missionaries.
