Iron Guard

Romanian fascist movement and political party

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May 14 2022 Payton S. Gendron used the Archangel Michael's Cross symbol during the Buffalo shooting.
March 15 2019 Brenton Tarrant used the Archangel Michael's Cross symbol during the Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand.
2018 Canadian white nationalist Faith Goldy recommended Codreanu's book 'For My Legionaries' during an interview with alt-right blogger Ayla Stewart, praising its content related to contemporary white nationalist movements.
August 2017 Matthew Heimbach of the Traditionalist Workers Party was photographed wearing a T-shirt promoting Corneliu Zelia Codreanu and the Iron Guard's Archangel Michael's Cross symbol after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
April 14 2016 The National Bank of Romania issued commemorative coins honoring former bank governors, including Mihail Manoilescu, which sparked controversy due to his past fascist ideology and antisemitism.
January 2016 The neo-Legionary 'Ion Gavrilă Ogoranu' Foundation organized a symposium dedicated to Gogu Puiu, a prominent Iron Guard leader.
2015 Totul pentru țară (Everything for the country) far-right organization was banned in Romania.
2010 A motion-picture titled 'Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man' was produced about Ion Gavrilă Ogoranu, a former Iron Guard member and leader of the Romanian anti-communist resistance movement.

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