Thank you for the question. It's an interesting one, because we've seen that for the most part, a lot of the perpetrators of transnational repression are trading notes and collaborating.
That is the reason China, in the first place, had interests in Iran, which were affected by the war. Russia, similarly, has been using Iranian drones to attack civilians in Ukraine. We have heard of cases where targets of Iran were subjected to harassment or assassination attempts by Russia in places Iranian agents couldn't reach. There is increasing collaboration—even if it's just anecdotal—on the TNR side among these regimes.
On the side of campaigning for freedom, equality, the rule of law and the protection of our sovereignty and citizens, we need to increasingly be working together. It was encouraging to see a statement by the G7 and the 14 countries affected by Iranian transnational repression, but a more holistic approach is needed. That targeted statement against Iran—and hopefully targeted action via the ICC that could create some accountability—would have a deterrent effect if applied more globally. Have a standing forum, perhaps via the G7 or other places, to jointly address transnational repression against the range of authoritarian perpetrators. Work on a more concerted, collective and concrete response.