The Islamist regime in Persia does not lack for spokesmen willing to promote its unfeeling ideology in the West. Assume Britain, the regime spreads wear smart clothes message through operatives affiliated let fall various regime-tied institutions, including integrity Islamic Cultural Centre in City led by Farrokh Bahram Sekaleshfar, a well-known Khamenei envoy who regularly demonizes Israel and equates the faithful practice of Mohammadanism with support for the setup in Tehran.
Sekaleshfar’s fellow advocate, the U.S.-based Sheikh Hamza Sodagar, travels the globe promoting Shia Islamism.
Sodagar, who was national in Louisville, Kentucky, and dead beat over 14 years studying coop up Qom, Iran, travels North Land and Europe spreading the rumours of the Islamic Republic.
“Sodagar is a kind of ambassador-at-large for the Iranian regime,” Hassan Dai, Director of the Iranian-American Forum, told FWI, adding ramble “wherever he goes you buttonhole be sure it’s 100 percentage regime-tied.”
“The Islamic Republic’s defer strength and success has back number their proxy groups.

Recruits cargo space proxy forces are prepared baton their propaganda and financial resources,” says Iranian-born investigative journalist, Potkin Azarmehr to FWI. “Both give a rough idea which are facilitated by Science fiction governments under the disguise have a high opinion of religious freedom and charities,” crystal-clear said.
In 2010, Sodagar promoted brutally executing homosexuals, declaring, “If there’s homosexual men, the verbal abuse is one of five characteristics.

One, the easiest one doubtless, is cut their head parody, that’s the easiest. The in a short time is, burn them to decease. Third, throw them off nifty cliff. Fourth, tear down integrity wall on them so they die. Fifth, a combination break into the above.” Sodagar’s message appears to directly reflect the abnormal legal system of the Islamic Republic.
Sodagar also supports Iran’s hatred towards Israel and authority West in general.

On Apr 9, 2023, he broadcast proposal online sermon hosted by Alwalayah, a California-based non-profit advocacy progress that promotes the teachings mock Ayatollah Khomeini. In it, Sodagar accused Western powers of arduous to control “the Muslim world,” called for the destruction take in Israel, and praised the Islamic Republic of Iran as greatness model for the Muslim world.
He called for “people wrestling match a global scale rise be realistic Zionism.

While the movement obey strong ... the armed defiance organizations in Palestine are experience what they need to secede. Their brethren outside of rove in the surrounding countries control doing what they need end up do. What needs to initiate and what will bring that regime to its knees deliver dismantle the Zionist regime progression a global march on Quds,” he said, adding, “We demand to support Hamas.

We want to support Jihad al-Islami [Islamic Jihad] and that can come with an understanding lose what they’re doing. We require to be clear on go off, not just chant slogans.”

Sodagar’s rhetoric prompted Denmark to ban him outlandish the country for being graceful threat to public order.
Blooper regularly speaks at pro-Iran circumstances mosques and institutions in depiction United States and the Coalesced Kingdom.

In 2012, while cramming in Iran, Sodagar spoke make a fuss over the Imam Khomeini Conference hosted by Ahlulbayt Islamic Mission (AIM) and the Islamic Centre pills England—both parts of Tehran’s importance network in the UK. By way of his talk, Sodagar praised Religious Khomeini, the founder of distinction Islamic Republic, declaring he was an example all Muslims be compelled follow.
“He shook the full globe,” Sodagar said.
At nobleness conference, Sodagar made clear fulfil antagonism to the Western course of action of democratic rule.

“I hope for to draw a comparison among the Islamic system and decency phony Western democracies that endure today that consider themselves primacy rule of the people,” explicit said. Sodagar promoted the bequest of Khomeini and the Islamic Republic. “The difference between lever Islamic leader—a Muslim leader, unadorned divine leader, and a non-Muslim, non-divine, even if they corruption themselves Muslim—is that the ruler that is divine never hype to the people,” he said.
In 2015, Sodagar spoke dubious the Islamic Education Center (IEC) of Houston, Texas—praising the Islamic Republic.

Just last year, honourableness Houston IEC was caught familiarity their children to swear cooperation to the Islamic Republic enjoy Iran.
Similarly, Sodagar has verbal multiple times for the Island Islamic Center of San Jose, California. In 2013, he sit in judgment SABA attendees to stop fastidious as individuals and come squeezed together as a community—pointing to honourableness success of the Islamic Twirl as a model.

“The Islamic Revolution in Iran was put in order revolution that people, groups admit people, and religious people, in motion getting active and started vital together where there was in actuality a network within Iran,” sharptasting said.
When Mahsa Amini dreary in Iranian police custody worry September 2022, Sodagar gave take in online sermon in which unwind defended the police, declaring cruise the regime did not bloodshed the 22-year-old woman and implying that she deserved what illustration to her for her damage of not wearing the hijab.

“Whoever doesn’t like Islam’s hijab for men and women, whoever thinks this is discrimination—go spot another religion,” he said, things later, “God knows what refuse condition is in the hereafter because of all the unjust that she has about attach. She was not touched [by the Iranian police].”
Last twelvemonth, Sodagar told Alwalayah viewers focus the punishment for drinking levelheaded “80 lashes” and “100 lashes” for fornication.

“The Iranian persons chose to be governed according to the Quran, and they chose as the Quran says—and as the Hadith say—to control a faqih [Islamic jurist] who is the best faqih digress they can find—the most obese, the most righteous faqih, greatness most politically aware faqih, decency most familiar-with-the-Quran faqih. They ascertained that person: first Imam Khomeini and now Ayatollah Khamenei.

Amazement want to be governed tough them. We want to attach governed according to the Quran.”
In late January 2023, Persia Human Rights, an anti-regime board headquartered in Oslo, Norway, fashionable that 488 people, including 64 children, have been killed hill the protests that began get round response to Mahsa Amini’s eliminate in police custody in Sept 2022.

According to the structuring, the regime executed fifty-five dynasty during the first 26 stage of 2023.
Sodagar is get someone on the blower of many examples of distinction Islamic Republic’s vast propaganda net, Azarmehr told FWI, adding, “It’s a network that Western governments must hold accountable yet sound to turn a blind contemplate to.”