Iran’s embassy in Berlin swiftly rejects allegation after man is arrested in neighbouring Denmark.
A Danish man has been arrested on suspicion of spying in Germany on behalf of Iran, an allegation swiftly denied by the Iranian embassy in Berlin.
German prosecutors on Tuesday stated the person, recognized solely as Ali S underneath German privateness legislation, was suspected of conducting the surveillance “in preparation of additional intelligence actions in Germany, presumably together with terrorist assaults on Jewish targets”.
It added that the person was suspected of receiving the espionage orders from “an Iranian intelligence service”.
German and Danish authorities stated the person had been arrested in Denmark however can be extradited to Germany.
The Iranian embassy in Berlin decried what it referred to as “unfounded and harmful accusations”.
“Earlier discussions with related German authorities have already highlighted that sure third events are trying to divert public perceptions from the precise occasions via synthetic staging,” the embassy stated in a press release.
In the meantime, Germany’s overseas minister, Johann Wadephul, stated Iran’s ambassador had been summoned after the arrest.
“If this suspicion have been confirmed, it could be an outrageous incident that will as soon as once more reveal that Iran is a menace to Jews everywhere in the world,” Wadephul stated throughout a go to to Odesa, Ukraine, shortly after visiting a synagogue there.
Alleged spying
In accordance with Germany’s Der Spiegel journal, the suspect took images of not less than three buildings in Berlin in June.
They included the headquarters of the German-Israeli Society, which has lobbied the European Union to record Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a “terrorist” organisation, and a constructing the place the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Josef Schuster, was stated to sometimes keep.
Der Spiegel reported that investigators imagine the suspect was engaged on behalf of the Quds Drive, the overseas operations arm of the IRGC.
He was arrested within the Danish metropolis of Aarhus by native police final week and was awaiting extradition to Germany.
Through the 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated his nation was making ready “in case Iran targets Israeli or Jewish establishments”.
He didn’t present additional particulars on the time.
Berlin has been a key ally of Israel and vocally supported the assaults on Iran, which started with shock strikes on June 13.
