Iran`s Passive Defense Organization: Another Target for Sanctions
(WorldNews Iran)

For the past eleven years, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has repeatedly labeled U.S. sanctions as an act of all-out economic war against Iran, particularly those measures that target the country’s export/import, high-tech, and financial sectors. And in response he has long called for an “economic jihad.” One of the tools the regime has used for this struggle is the National Passive Defense Organization (NPDO), a quasi-military body in charge of strengthening the resiliency of Iran’s national infrastructure. Yet time and again, the organization’s mission has crept into repressive measures against the Iranian people and other sanctionable activities. EXPANDING...