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“Freedom for Iran” demonstration by exiled Iranians in front of the Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin. Iranian secret services are monitoring demonstrations in Germany to identify opposition figures
Retaliatory measures by Iran in Europe cannot be excluded, following the US and Israeli attacks that killed Ali Khamenei — which could come from “sleeper” Iranian cells in European countries, says the German deputy responsible for supervising the German Secret Service.
Although there are no European countries involved in the attack, launched on Saturday by the United States and Israel across Iranian territory, Iran could launch retaliatory measures in Europewarned the German deputy Marc Henrichmann.
“The Iranian regime has repeatedly demonstrated in the past that it promotes its terror beyond its own borders“, Henrichmann said this Sunday to the newspaper.
Retaliatory measures can be carried out by sleeping cells Iranians in Europe, says Henrichmann, who is chairman of the German Parliamentary Information Services Control Committee. “The regime is fighting for its own survival”, he highlights.
“Israeli, Jewish and American institutions, in particularhave been the target of threats for years. Consequently, security authorities must be vigilant. Vigilance is the watchwordsaid Henrichmann, who considers, however, that there is no reason for panic yet.
According to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, security authorities assume that the Iranian regime remains active in Germany. “People linked to the Iranian opposition abroad, in Germany, are constant targets of Iranian intelligence services”, warns the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany’s internal intelligence agency.
Although it has not been reported no violent incidents against members of the Iranian opposition in Germany to date, similar incidents have occurred in other Western European countries.
German security authorities believe that Iranian secret services are monitor demonstrations in Germanyspecifically for spy on and identify opposition figuressays the newspaper.
The Federal Ministry of the Interior declared that “federal and state security authorities are in a state of maximum alert” and will adjust security measures as necessary.
After the attacks by Israel and the United States, which killed Ali Khamenei and his military leadership, Iran launched attacks against Israel and the United States, which hit North American air bases in several Gulf countries.
“The Iranians are respond by spreading the pain throughout the region and looking impose costs on allies and partners of the USA that host American forces and bases”, stated Dana Stroulformer Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East.
