#Iran building #ShadowState inside Georgia. I was interrogated for saying so

I know about being targeted by this government as several of us raised concerns about Iran’s expanding influence in #Georgia — including the operation of an unaccredited Iranian university on Georgian soil — the #security services summoned us

Ins Georgia today, exposing #foreign adversary influence is treated as crime, while the network itself not #harassed

https://kyivindependent.com/iran-is-building-shadow-state-inside-georgia-i-was-interrogated-for-saying-so/

#authoritarian #Freedom #oppression

Iran is building shadow state inside Georgia. I was interrogated for saying so

On March 7, 2026, a crowd of Georgian citizens gathered outside Iran's embassy in Tbilisi. They held aloft portraits of recently killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and chanted a pledge of obedience to the supreme leader of a foreign theocracy. A few blocks away, thousands of other Georgians continued the pro-European protests that have filled Rustaveli Avenue since the disputed November 2024 elections, demanding a new vote and a return to the Western path we fought for — and nearly died building. T

The Kyiv Independent