Iran’s promotion of its brand of Shi’ite Islam across the Middle East has been obvious for decades, but such activities in Europe largely managed to fly under the radar. But its Balkans-centered efforts have come under scrutiny in recent years, leading to the arrest this week of an Iranian cleric in Kosovo on charges of financing terrorism and money laundering through a nominally nongovernmental organization he operates. Kosovar authorities claim Hasan Azari Bejandi, charged on July 26, ran five Shi’ite organizations with links to Tehran.
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