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Provide a recent example of a suspected/successful Iranian intelligence
or covert operation.
What impact did it have?
This will require some light research outside of the classroom.
For week two, I decided to research about a recent example of Iranian covert
operation. Starting with background on the Iranian government and how they established the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in 1979, which focuses on the intelligence collecting side of the military. IRGC works closely with
Quds Force in protecting the interest of the Iranian government and agenda. The IRGC disperses agents worldwide to collect information on targets and relay it back to their handlers. For example, in 2021, a couple posing as Afghan refugees were given asylum into Sweden. The IRCG gave the couple multiple assignments which included several planned massacres against the Swedish Jews. According to the investigation, the couple was given a Swedish Radio broadcaster as a target, who was identified by the IRCG as a “Jewish diaspora, serving as a proxy for Iran’s hostility towards Israel.” The couple was ultimately arrested on suspicions of
conspiracy to commit a terrorist crime in Sweden. The Swedish criminal investigation discovered the couple was linked and operated under the direction of the Iranian IRGC and was responsible in the planning of terrorist attacks. Unfortunately, due to lack of evidence, the couple was eventually deported back to Iran in 2022 by reason that they posed a security threat.
The impact of the couple being able to get through the Swedish Migration Agency’s screening process raised questions regarding the department and methods. This ultimately made the Agency investigate how refugees are screened and what processes are used to grant refugees asylum into Sweden. AFP. “Iran Suspected in Plot to Kill Swedish Jews - Report | the Times ...” Iran suspected in plot to kill Swedish Jews – report, February 6, 2024. https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-suspected-in-plot-to-kill-swedish-jews-
report/. i24NEWS. “Iran Suspected in Couple’s Plot to Murder Swedish Jews - Report.” I24news, February 6, 2024.
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/1707218139-iran-suspected-in-
couple-s-plot-to-murder-swedish-jews-report.
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