Since Hamas carried out its deadly terrorist attacks against Israel on October 7, there has been intense scrutiny of the Palestinian militant group’s use of North Korean military technology. On October 16, Israeli Ambassador to South Korea Akiva Tor expressed concern that Hamas had used North Korean weapons against Israel and vowed to destroy North Korean weapons

Iran has been on the receiving end of Afghan refugees for decades, since the war against Soviet occupiers in Afghanistan in the 1980s. In recent years, however, Iranian sentiment toward Afghans has become increasingly negative as more have fled their homeland following the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, and Iranians contend with a deteriorating