Germany’s Bild newspaper has reported that Ali S., an Afghan-Danish citizen recently arrested in Denmark on charges of spying for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), had previously traveled to Iran and handed over intelligence on Jewish targets in Berlin to Iranian regime agents.
On Sunday, July 6, Bild published a report detailing Ali S.’s activities and how he was identified and arrested in Aarhus, Denmark.
According to the report, in June 2025, this Afghan-Danish national entered Iran under the cover of a family trip to Turkey. After delivering the gathered intelligence on Jewish targets in Berlin to regime officers, he left Iran using falsified documents, avoiding any official passport stamp.
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Bild further noted that Denmark’s domestic intelligence agency, after intercepting communications between Ali S. and a known IRGC Quds Force officer, shared the information with Germany’s domestic security agency.
Ali S.’s ties to the Islamic Center of Hamburg and his frequent visits to the Imam Ali Mosque (also known as the Blue Mosque) had already placed him under surveillance by security agencies.
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On June 4 and 5, Ali S. traveled to Berlin with his family, during which time German security agents monitored his every move through hotel surveillance and 24-hour tracking.
Intercepted conversations at the home of this Afghan-Danish citizen revealed that, on June 23, after returning to Denmark, he told his family he had handed over information, images, and videos about identified targets in Berlin to his contact officer in Tehran.
The transferred data included details such as backdoor layouts, levels of security, and optimal locations for placing explosives or incendiary devices.
According to the prosecutor, the purpose of these activities was to gather intelligence on Jewish sites and individuals specifically linked to Germany’s Jewish community.
This case is considered one of the largest identified Iranian regime espionage operations in Germany in recent years.
