Two men sentenced for Iranian espionage in Germany: attack plans
Hamburg court has sentenced two residents of Denmark for espionage on behalf of Iran. One of the two had prepared an incendiary attack against a kosher shop in Berlin.
Iranian espionage in Germany, convictions in Hamburg
The Hamburg Regional Superior Court has sentenced two men resident in Denmark for espionage in favour of Iran, according to Il Fatto Quotidiano. Ali S., 54, was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison; Tawab M., 43, to four and a half years. The charges include attempted murder, aggravated arson, and gathering information on personalities from the German Jewish community.
The two had surveilled Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, and Volker Beck, president of the German-Israeli Society. According to the federal prosecutor, an attack had been planned against Beck, but the younger of the two subsequently withdrew his involvement and sought other perpetrators.
Ali S. received the harsher sentence because he had carried out preparatory acts for an incendiary attack in Berlin against a kosher food shop. The federal prosecutor contends that he had received assignments directly from officers of the Quds Force, the overseas operations unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. The verdict fully accepted the prosecutor's demands, whilst the defence teams had requested acquittal. The events are said to have occurred over the course of 2025.
Source: Il Fatto Quotidiano - Cronaca