Danish police have arrested a 42-year-old Afghan man in the city of Aarhus on suspicion of spying for the Iranian regime and participating in a plot to attack Jewish targets in Germany.
According to a police report published on Wednesday, November 5, the arrest took place in the suburb of Risskov, in cooperation with the Danish Security and Intelligence Service and the East Jutland Police.
Police stated that the man was arrested based on a German arrest warrant, and German officers were also present during the operation.
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German prosecutors have said that the man is suspected of acting as a liaison in a network linked to Iranian regime intelligence operations.
He had reportedly been trying to procure a weapon for another individual who was arrested in late June and charged with gathering intelligence on Jewish sites in Berlin.
German media had previously identified the earlier suspect as a man named “Ali S.,” a 53-year-old dual Afghan-Danish national.
According to the German newspaper Bild, Ali secretly traveled to Iran after collecting surveillance photos and information from Jewish institutions.
The report stated that he met in Tehran with an officer of the Quds Force—the foreign operations arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)—and handed over photos, videos, and details about potential targets, including offices and restaurants belonging to the Jewish community.
Ali was extradited to Germany after being arrested in Denmark and now faces charges of espionage and plotting an attack on behalf of the IRGC.
The newly arrested man has also been charged in Germany with “attempted murder.”
According to police, he is scheduled to appear before a court in Aarhus on November 5 to determine his provisional detention and extradition to Germany.
The Danish Security and Intelligence Service stated that this case is part of a broader pattern of Iranian regime espionage and intelligence operations against its dissidents in Europe.
According to the report, Tehran has in recent years expanded its activities to include targeting Israeli and Jewish interests.
