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• A Ukrainian maritime drone exploded at the Black Sea port of Constanta in June 2026.

• The timing of the designation is difficult to separate from the Bolsonaro family’s efforts to enlist Washington in its political fight with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government.

Statements attributed to it

• Benjamin Netanyahu has hinted that he may be considering taking unilateral action to prolong a costly war with Iran

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• Washington and Tehran appear to be close to an interim deal to open the Strait of Hormuz

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• The timing of the designation is difficult to separate from the Bolsonaro family’s efforts to enlist Washington in its political fight with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government.

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• Those attacks have stopped far short of the unilateral strikes on Iran hinted at by Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday

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• Observers including Donald Trump believe that Benjamin Netanyahu wants to keep the United States engaged in the fight against Iran

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• There have been widespread reports of tensions over Israeli strikes in Lebanon that have repeatedly threatened to derail United States negotiations with Iran

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• In June, a Ukrainian maritime drone exploded at the Black Sea port of Constanta, and three other sea drones exploded outside the port, with no injuries reported.

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• No official statement from Ahmad Vahidi on the matter has been released by the Iranian government or official media

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• An August 11 CNT/MDA poll put Lula at 42.4 percent in the first round and Flavio at 28.7 percent.

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• The United States designated Primeiro Comando da Capital and Comando Vermelho as terrorist groups.

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• Tracing such links through clients, third parties, front companies and complex payment chains can be extraordinarily difficult.

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• Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has paralysed much of the world’s economy

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• The designation could complicate long‑established channels of police cooperation with the US, shifting some investigations into more restricted intelligence and national‑security channels.

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• The broader application of the terrorism label risks obscuring the nature of the security threat and gives states greater scope to use such designations for political ends.

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• Right‑wing movements across the world have increasingly blurred distinctions between crime, migration, political opposition and terrorism.

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• The designation reflects a convergence between Washington’s longstanding interventionist instincts in Latin America and the interests of Brazil’s far right.

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• Multiple drone incursions by Russia and Ukraine have entered the airspace of Romania and other NATO members since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began more than four years ago.

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• A Russian drone attack in Ukraine’s Sumy region killed three drivers for the Ukrainian courier service Nova Poshta and set a building ablaze.

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• Jair Bolsonaro is serving a 27‑year‑and‑three‑month sentence for his role in an attempted coup following his 2022 election defeat.

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• The designation creates new compliance obligations for companies operating in Brazil and exposes financial networks to increased scrutiny.

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• During far‑right demonstrations, supporters of the Bolsonaro family display US flags and openly ask for military and foreign intervention to “save” Brazil from the left.

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• Israel has officially struck Iran only once since April’s initial ceasefire between the United States and Iran took effect

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• Some in Israel were confident Israel could strike unilaterally at Iran, while others expressed caution that Netanyahu’s talk might be little more than rhetoric ahead of an election that could jeopardise his legacy and personal freedom

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• An attack on a site hosting a defence industry event near Kyiv killed at least 10 people and wounded nearly 100 others.

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• There has been an uptick in civilian deaths in the Russia-Ukraine war this summer, although both sides deny targeting civilians.

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• The fight against Iran began in late February with a joint United States‑Israeli attack that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

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• On June 16, Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced Eduardo Bolsonaro to four years and two months in prison for coercion over that campaign.

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• A suspected Russian drone was shot down around Padina, northeast of Bucharest, a day before the Romanian interception.

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• Netanyahu has claimed that Iran is on the brink of crossing the threshold to nuclear weapons capability

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• The PCC and CV designation could add another layer of scrutiny if funds linked to either group are found to have moved through PIX.

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• Nicolas Maduro was kidnapped by US forces from his secure residence in Caracas.

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• Netanyahu was among the loudest voices that pushed for Donald Trump to withdraw in 2018 from the nuclear deal agreed to by former President Barack Obama

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• A month earlier, a Russian drone destined for Ukraine struck an apartment building in eastern Romania, injuring two people.

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• Banks may have no knowing connection with PCC or CV and still face pressure to show that their systems have not been used, directly or indirectly, to move funds linked to them.

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• The ceasefire later broke down and the two sides resumed hostilities in the US‑Israel war on Iran

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• PCC and CV may corrupt institutions, influence politicians, control territory or confront the state, but their primary purpose is criminal power and profit, not political transformation.

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• Netanyahu has consistently pursued a hawkish line on Iran

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• Flavio Bolsonaro has spent months portraying Lula as soft on organised crime and pressing US officials to take a harder line against his government, including by directly pushing the Trump administration to designate PCC and CV as terrorist organisations.

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• Ukraine did not immediately comment on the attack on Kyrylivka.

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• Throughout the Cold War, Washington routinely justified interventions by framing domestic political conflicts as components of a larger ideological struggle against communism.

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• Many analysts believe the war on Iran has been unsuccessful

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• The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance.

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• By defining threats unilaterally and exporting those definitions abroad, Washington creates new avenues for political influence within sovereign countries that have experienced US intervention before.

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• The US authorities have greater powers to freeze assets, impose sanctions and prosecute individuals accused of supporting PCC and CV.

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• Terrorism is generally understood to involve violence pursued for political or ideological ends.

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• Eduardo Bolsonaro, who now lives in the US, lobbied for sanctions against Brazilian Supreme Court justices and tariffs on Brazil.

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• Global oil prices have increased and shortages in liquified gas, fertiliser exports, sulphur supplies and petrochemical feedstocks threaten to ripple through international supply lines

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• Relations between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump appear frostier than normal

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• Washington has scrutinised PIX as part of a broader trade dispute.

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• Today, anticommunism has largely been replaced by counterterrorism as a justification for intervention, even though Trump and the far right have also revived the fear of communism.

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• PCC and CV are responsible for violence on a massive scale.

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• US politicians have called for classifying Mexican cartels as terrorist organisations, often accompanied by proposals for unilateral military action inside Mexican territory.

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• Reports say Benjamin Netanyahu planned to bring fresh intelligence to Washington alleging that Iran was stockpiling uranium at Pickaxe Mountain facility near Natanz

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Published documents

• Is Israel’s Netanyahu preparing to fight Iran alone?
• At least 15 killed in Ukrainian and Russian strikes as holiday camp hit
• The US is now using the ‘terrorist’ label to interfere in Brazil’s election

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3 documents · 82 claims produced · 1 contradicted

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