Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has warned that Iran could expand covert operations across Europe once fighting with the U.S. and Israel subsides, raising fears of attacks on Jewish targets, Israeli institutions, and opponents of the Tehran regime.
The Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV) said Iranian dissidents and other individuals regarded by Tehran as “traitors” would face particular danger if the regime increases its intelligence and proxy activities across the continent.
One BfV official toldEuractiv that the service is monitoring individuals based in Germany who have travelled to Iran for military training, or otherwise “placed themselves in the service” of the Iranian authorities.
Intelligence agencies across Europe have also been investigating a growing wave of attacks on Jewish and Israeli-linked sites believed to be connected to a shadowy Islamic network suspected of acting as an Iranian proxy. The incidents have largely involved arson, vandalism, and small improvised explosive devices targeting synagogues, Jewish charities, and Iranian opposition organisations.
Separately, EPP MEP Tomáš Zdechovský reported on Tuesday morning that several police forces across the European Union have uncovered “a vast online network of accounts and websites spreading propaganda linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.”
This group, the IRGC, was only designated as a terrorist organisation by Brussels in January this year, following Tehran’s deadly crackdown on mass protests.
Zdechovský said the authorities had “succeeded in removing thousands of links” and blocking the organisation’s main account on X (formerly Twitter).
Michael Curzon is a news writer for europeanconservative.com based in England’s Midlands. He is also Editor of Bournbrook Magazine, which he founded in 2019, and previously wrote for London’s Express Online. His Twitter handle is @MichaelCurzon_.
