In the 17th century, when the Iranian king from the extremist Shiite dynasty defeated a Sunni Ottoman king, he requested that Iran's name be praised throughout the empire and even in Europe with the words: "Oh, my soul and spirit, Oh, my eternal love, my Iran forever, from the dawn of history your name has been sung, you are above victories and defeats and you will remain forever, the whole world will know your name."
At first glance, this poem appears to be a patriotic song and an expression of loyalty to the homeland, but the hidden meaning, known to many Iranians, promotes continued conquests and the spread of Iran's name throughout the world, whether through military victories or cultural ones.
Since the Iranian Islamic Revolution, the regime, which also sees itself as continuing that extremist Shiite dynasty, has taken this message and developed it into the concept of "exporting the revolution". According to this concept, the Iranian regime strives with all its might and through every resource at its disposal – even at the expense of citizens and domestic challenges (witness the water shortage alongside massive aid to Hezbollah even in recent days) – to export its values everywhere in order to "conquer" every target, in the Middle East and the West, thereby transforming Iran into a superpower.
The means available to the Iranian regime for this goal include propaganda, manipulation, and brainwashing of large audiences, particularly those who do not identify with local authorities.
Thus, along with benefits such as religious events where they also provide food for masses of participants or even the establishment of civilian infrastructure like kindergartens, mosques, and various institutions at the expense of the regime and Iranian citizens for the benefit of these locals, Iranian emissaries buy the loyalty of locals and subsequently use them to advance the Iranian regime's goals – further dissemination of Iranian regime propaganda and even acts of terror or harassment against Jews or believers in liberal and democratic values.
The Iranian regime maintains at least 16 propaganda bodies operating inside but mainly outside Iran, in order to strengthen in their eyes Iranian national security through mass recruitment of immigrants from the Middle East or even locals in European countries, South America, Africa, and Australia.
There has often been substantial public criticism within Iran regarding the massive budgets of these propaganda bodies, which include Iranian television channels in various languages, sending clerics and preachers to all parts of the world to brainwash many and turn them into supporters of the Iranian regime, and the distribution of extensive literature and media, all at the expense of Iran's natural resources and oil revenues.
However, the Iranian leader who manages the propaganda bodies, exactly as he does the Revolutionary Guards, the nuclear issue, and terror, and who holds the real authority in the regime, continues to add more and more to propaganda budgets and does not heed the demands of the few figures within the regime who dare to plead for reduced budgets for the benefit of the water economy, environmental quality, or reducing the cost of living.
Therefore, even if the Iranian regime is not directly responsible for the Australian attacks, it bears indirect responsibility because it has established numerous mosques and Islamic centers on the continent where preachers on behalf of the leader preach against Jews (and not just against Israel), organize demonstrations together with Palestinian supporters but also promote the Iranian narrative and wave Iranian flags and pictures of the leader, and more.
Alongside Qatar, it appears that the Iranian regime has become the main financier and organizer of protest events and attacks against Jews, and it even dares to preach or promote physical harm to Jewish targets, since one of the goals of the Revolutionary Guards and Quds Force is to instill terror in Jews everywhere and bring about their uprooting from their place of residence or reduction of their activities.
Additionally, Iranian activity abroad provides inspiration and a security umbrella for other activists against Jews, and it is possible that reducing Iranian activity would lead to an overall reduction in the activity of other antisemitic organizations.
