Iranian Efforts to Access Global Markets: The Iranian regime passed the Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) convention on October 22 as part of an effort to remove Iran from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklist. Iran is very unlikely to meet the FATF requirements given that it continues to provide financial and material support to members of the Axis of Resistance.
Foreign Fighters in Syria: The Syrian transitional government appears to be pursuing a low-level effort to target foreign fighters in Syria who have not integrated into the Ministry of Defense (MoD). The foreign fighters whom the Syrian transitional government has recently targeted have historically come into conflict with HTS.
Iran Update, October 22, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)
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