German intelligence often studies Iranian stress and spying on exile teams in Germany, and the nation’s foremost intelligence company BfV stated in its annual report final yr that the chance remained excessive.
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In 2024, the BfV arrange a particular telephone line for folks to report incidents of suspected terrorism or overseas espionage.
“We have seen a rise in studies regarding Iran in current months,” the ministry stated in an e mail in response to questions from Reuters, with out offering detailed figures.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry didn’t reply to requests for remark.
Inside Iran, human rights teams and activists have reported a crackdown on political opposition, with a number of studies of harassment, detention, and different types of stress, notably since Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in June destroyed a lot of Iran’s air defenses.
According to the National Statistical Office, about 144,000 Iranians reside in Germany.
In one case, a 40-year-old Iranian Christian from the western German metropolis of Essen stated his brothers in Iran had been contacted and threatened by native intelligence providers after participating in an indication in Brussels in September.
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