Like Farzin, I'm an Iranian. I've been looking at and studying the IRGC for more than a decade. Through my expertise and time working on the IRGC, I've developed a network of contacts inside of Iran and an ability to identify locations in the online space where the IRGC is active and has provided open-source information.
Through such means, through both networks on the ground and knowing where to look, I've been able to maintain a constant flow of primary information, primary data, primary Farsi material and primary IRGC material. Through these means, I have been able to assess this primary IRGC material and therefore publish on the subject.
For example, I have obtained the internal training manuals the IRGC has used to radicalize its recruits, as I referenced in my testimony.
I've always ensured that my analysis is centred on primary material—primary Farsi material—specifically related to the IRGC.