Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Such an honour to write for @TheAtlantic In this piece I consider the shadow war of espionage between Tehran and Tel Aviv, arguing that the Islamic Republic's brutal authoritarianism and repression of its own people leaves it exposed to Israeli intel ops on its own territory.

Some #Iran|ian pro-monarchy influencers have a shocking lack of political discipline and are incredibly tonedeaf. What does lifting the banner of the Shah's secret police (SAVAK) signal about your values and political project, and what does it even get you?!

China executed 4 Canadians earlier this year. Why? And why does it matter? Domestically, the point is to intimidate Chinese citizens by showing remorseless power and authority. For foreigners, the message is: “demonstrate subservience and we’ll stop doing harmful things.” My…

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I have been thinking the very same. While there is an argument to be made that Israel's intervention on behalf of Syria's Druze is motivated by self-interest (obviously), the testimony coming out of Sweida is truly horrific. Some of it is evocative of Hamas's spree of murder and…

Not the first internal spat between Iran's rival intelligence agencies but this one has extremely grave consequences. Now more than ever firm intervention from both Sweden and the EU, threatening severe economic and diplomatic ramifications should Djalali be harmed, could sway…

The IRGC is a listed terrorist organisation in the United States (as it should be everywhere). There is little difference between this idiotic woman and an American who travels to Syria or Iraq to support AQ or IS. Just as brainwashed, and just as in need of a deradicalisation…

Powerful op-ed by @ChengLeifreedom in today's @theage theage.com.au/world/asia/chi…

Very significant in achieving not very much at all, I think you mean. And oh the irony, for Khamenei to be tweeting about censorship...

Interesting piece by @yjtorbati consolidating what we know on Iran's posture on renewed US talks. Short🧵on why Tehran may be setting itself up for failure. - The Islamic Republic is signalling weakness by returning to talks so quickly after a war. 1/10 washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…

Their son Joe Bennett told BBC Breakfast: "I want to be crystal clear, my parents aren't spies, they're not political players, they aren't criminals. They're Mum and Dad." bbc.com/news/articles/…

The UK Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee has “warned that the Islamic republic has become a ‘full spectrum’ threat across assassinations, espionage, cyber-attacks and nuclear weapons.” politico.eu/article/iran-k…

As @AlboMP prepares to depart for a 6-day state visit to China, I hope that he keeps Dr Yang Hengjun's unjust detention front of mind. Albanese must raise the fate of Yang, and other Australians imprisoned in China and Hong Kong, including Gordon Ng, with Chinese officials…

Important and unprecedented message from former hostage Emad Shargi. This applies not just to Iranian-Americans but to Australians too, and citizens of any Western country, dual national or otherwise. Do not travel to Iran!

Iranian authorities failed to take even the most basic steps to safeguard those in their custody, instead responding with increased violence and repression. When the prison was bombed by Israel, inmates were left to rescue the wounded themselves amid fire and rubble. In the…

Mark Swidan spent more than a decade in a windowless box for a crime he didn’t commit. Now he’s back home in Texas- and living on food stamps. thefp.com/p/the-forgotte…

Remember when Tucker Carlson soft ball interviewed Putin? Pezeshkian, who cares. If you are so ill informed that you take foreign policy tips from someone like Carlson you're probably already a lost cause.

The regime of the Islamic Republic is exploiting this post-war period as a cover to carry out widespread repression with impunity. Under the guise of stability, they are intensifying crackdowns on dissent, targeting and detaining prominent opposition figures they view as threats…

"A new balancing act may now emerge, as GCC states engage with an Iran weakened by its inability to prevent Israel and the United States from penetrating its air defenses seemingly at will and by the steady dismantling of key elements of the ‘Axis of Resistance’ which noticeably…

For the first time I am genuinely fearful for the lives of Cecile and Jacques, French tourists held hostage in Iran since 2022. France really needs to step up now, in a massive way. With these new charges, and the devastating punishment they carry, Iran is escalating to a…

Iran is believed to hold around 20 European nationals, many of whose cases have never been publicised, in what some Western governments including France describe as a strategy of hostage-taking aimed at extracting concessions from the West. Three Europeans, who have not been…