Police investigate Iranian connection to attacks on Israeli missions in Sweden and Denmark

By JNS

According to Swedish intelligence agency SÄPO, Iran may have orchestrated the attacks on Israeli embassies in Stockholm and Copenhagen this week.

Danish police arrested three Swedish nationals on Wednesday after two explosions believed to have been caused by hand grenades near the Israeli diplomatic mission in Copenhagen.

“No one was injured and we are conducting initial investigations on site,” the Danish police posted to X. “A possible connection to the Israeli embassy located in the area is being investigated.”

On Tuesday, the Israeli mission in Stockholm was attacked.

“All employees are safe and none of them were injured,” the Foreign Ministry confirmed in Jerusalem.

Fredrik Hallstrom, head of operations for the Swedish security service SÄPO, said that “there are some things that could point in this direction” of Iranian involvement.

In May, the agency confirmed that Tehran was recruiting members of Swedish criminal gangs to carry out “acts of violence” against Israeli targets.

Swedish public broadcaster SVT reported on Wednesday that the two embassy attacks were ordered by the Swedish crime network Foxtrot at the behest of Iran.

According to Swedish, a firearm and an empty cartridge case were found outside the embassy TV4News program “Nyheterna”.

The incident was reported about 30 minutes before Iran fired 180 ballistic missiles at the Jewish state in its second-ever direct attack. The first was in April.

Before the attack, Foreign Minister Israel Katz called an emergency meeting with all Israeli ambassadors to discuss “how to deal with the heads of state in the various capitals in light of the recent attacks.”

Iran is behind a series of terrorist attacks carried out by criminal gangs against Israeli embassies in Europe, including Sweden, in recent months, the Mossad intelligence agency revealed earlier this year.