Overview
- On July 14 a Karlsruhe judge enforced an arrest warrant placing the 53-year-old Danish national in pretrial detention in Germany.
- Federal prosecutors say he spied on Jewish sites and individuals in Berlin on behalf of the IRGC’s Al-Quds Brigades.
- Investigators believe he gathered intelligence for potential arson attacks and sought collaborators to carry them out.
- The suspect was arrested in Aarhus on June 26 after a tip from a foreign intelligence service and transferred to Germany.
- Iran’s embassy in Berlin has rejected the allegations as baseless, accusing German authorities of politicizing the case.