A Danish national was arrested in Denmark about accusations of collecting information about Jewish locations and people in Berlin for Iranian intelligence and will be extradited to Germany, on Tuesday to German and Danish authorities.
The man, only identified as Ali S. under the German Privacy Act, was arrested on Thursday in the Danish city of Aarhus, according to German prosecutors.
Earlier this year he was instructed by an Iranian intelligence service to collect information about “Jewish places and specific Jewish individuals” in Berlin, said public prosecutors.
The suspect is accused of spying at three locations in June, presumably in preparation for further intelligence activities, including possible terrorist attacks on Jewish goals, according to officers of Justice.
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Iran’s flag flies in front of the Iranian embassy in Berlin. (Getty Images)
Iranian ambassador in Germany Majid Nili Ahmadabadi was called on Tuesday for the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“If this suspicion was confirmed, it would be a scandalous incident that would again show that Iran is a threat to Jews around the world,” said the German Minister of Foreign Affairs Johann Wadephul after a visit to a Jewish synagogue in the Ukrainian city of Odesa during a visit to the country.
The Iranian embassy in Berlin denied the allegations as “unfounded and dangerous accusations” that seemed to be a try to distract an attempt from recent Israeli attacks on Iran.
“Earlier discussions with relevant German authorities have already emphasized that certain third parties try to distract public perceptions from the actual events through artificial staging,” the embassy said in a statement.
The suspect, only identified as Ali S., was arrested on Thursday in the Danish city of Aarhus. (Getty Images)
The German security authorities have stepped down for Jewish and Israeli locations in response to the 12-day war last month between Israel and Iran. During the conflict, the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Germany was prepared for Iran to focus on Israeli or Jewish goals in the country.
The suspect is said to have taken photos of buildings, including the headquarters of the German-Israeli society and a building where the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Josef Schuster, was sometimes supposed to stay, according to Der Spiegel Magazine.
“The extensive weapons of Iranian terror are not allowed to have a place in Germany,” said a statement from German-Israeli society and called on the European Union to mention the Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization.
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“If this suspicion was confirmed, this would be a scandalous incident that would again show that Iran is a threat to Jews around the world,” said the German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul. (Getty Images)
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Schuster added that “the German government should not only remain vigilant, but must also take active political action against the Iranian regime. There can be no other consequence for this alleged planned terrorist attack.”
Ali S. will be moved from Denmark to Germany, where he will be brought for an investigation into the German Federal Court of Justice, said prosecutors.
The suspect was taken into custody until July 23, awaiting extradition to Germany, according to the National Security and Intelligence Service of Denmark.
Reuters has contributed to this report.
