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<span>Iranian intelligence services have adapted their strategy by systematically recruiting individuals from criminal circles for attacks abroad, as evidenced by recent cases in Germany and France where Iranian agents hired European criminals to conduct surveillance of Jewish targets.</span

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Iranian intelligence services have adapted their strategy by systematically recruiting individuals from criminal circles for attacks abroad, as evidenced by recent cases in Germany and France where Iranian agents hired European criminals to conduct surveillance of Jewish targets.

<span>Swedish and Israeli investigators have linked recent attacks on Israeli embassies in Stockholm and Copenhagen to the Foxtrot crime syndicate, demonstrating Iran's growing reliance on organized crime groups for international operations.</span

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Swedish and Israeli investigators have linked recent attacks on Israeli embassies in Stockholm and Copenhagen to the Foxtrot crime syndicate, demonstrating Iran's growing reliance on organized crime groups for international operations.

<span>The Iranian regime has established connections with various criminal organizations including the Kinahan cartel, Japanese Yakuza, and Eastern European mafia groups, using them for activities ranging from assassination attempts to sanctions evasion.</span

The Iranian regime has established connections with various criminal organizations including the Kinahan cartel, Japanese Yakuza, and Eastern European mafia groups, using them for activities ranging from assassination attempts to sanctions evasion.

<span>Western intelligence agencies report that Iran increasingly leverages criminal networks such as Foxtrot, Hells Angels, and Rumba to carry out attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets across Europe, with several recent incidents documented in Sweden and Belgium.</span

Western intelligence agencies report that Iran increasingly leverages criminal networks such as Foxtrot, Hells Angels, and Rumba to carry out attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets across Europe, with several recent incidents documented in Sweden and Belgium.

<span>U.S. Secretary of State and European lawmakers have called for designating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization and implementing stronger sanctions to counter the regime's aggressive international operations.</span

U.S. Secretary of State and European lawmakers have called for designating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization and implementing stronger sanctions to counter the regime's aggressive international operations.

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The focus on Iran's use of criminal networks may be overblown and risks escalating tensions unnecessarily. Many of these allegations remain unproven, and aggressive measures like sanctions or military options could destabilize the region while pushing Iran further toward unconventional warfare tactics.

<span>The focus on Iran's use of criminal networks may be overblown and risks escalating tensions unnecessarily. Many of these allegations remain unproven, and aggressive measures like sanctions or military options could destabilize the region while pushing Iran further toward unconventional warfare tactics.</span>

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