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Iran © agences 11:40 Iran may tap into organised crime to carry out terror attacks, expert says Middle East Issued on: 11/03/2026 - 21:47

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Graig Klein, Assistant Professor in Terrorism and Political Violence at Leiden University in The Hague, explains that Iran may tap into organised crime in order to carry out terror attacks in Europe in retaliation for the war waged by the US and Israel, adding that Donald Trump is being complacent about the threat as the latest incidents targeting US embassies abroad "is part of the Iranian strategic playbook".

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