{"id":332260,"date":"2025-05-30T17:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T16:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=332260"},"modified":"2025-09-12T08:46:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T07:46:48","slug":"iran-news-finnish-intelligence-identifies-clerical-regime-as-espionage-threat-warns-of-criminal-proxy-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-finnish-intelligence-identifies-clerical-regime-as-espionage-threat-warns-of-criminal-proxy-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: Finnish Intelligence Identifies Clerical Regime as Espionage Threat, Warns of Criminal Proxy Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_332261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-332261\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-332261 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Helsinki-Finland-\u2014-Headquarters-of-the-Finnish-Security-Intelligence-Service-Supo-e1748621766948.jpg\" alt=\"Helsinki, Finland \u2014 Headquarters of the Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) | Source: X account of Supo (@Suojelupoliisi)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Helsinki-Finland-\u2014-Headquarters-of-the-Finnish-Security-Intelligence-Service-Supo-e1748621766948.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Helsinki-Finland-\u2014-Headquarters-of-the-Finnish-Security-Intelligence-Service-Supo-e1748621766948-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Helsinki-Finland-\u2014-Headquarters-of-the-Finnish-Security-Intelligence-Service-Supo-e1748621766948-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Helsinki-Finland-\u2014-Headquarters-of-the-Finnish-Security-Intelligence-Service-Supo-e1748621766948-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Helsinki-Finland-\u2014-Headquarters-of-the-Finnish-Security-Intelligence-Service-Supo-e1748621766948-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Helsinki-Finland-\u2014-Headquarters-of-the-Finnish-Security-Intelligence-Service-Supo-e1748621766948-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-332261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helsinki, Finland \u2014 Headquarters of the Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) | Source: X account of Supo (@Suojelupoliisi)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the first time, Finland\u2019s Security Intelligence Service (Supo) has officially listed the clerical dictatorship in Iran as a state actor engaged in espionage against the country. In a report shared with the Finnish public <a href=\"https:\/\/yle.fi\/a\/74-20164369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">broadcaster <em>Yle<\/em> on May 30,<\/a> Supo stated: &#8220;Iran is targeting Finland with more hostile influence than before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although the agency did not disclose exactly what kind of information the regime is seeking, it warned that autocratic states\u2014including Iran\u2014commonly engage in surveillance of political refugees, particularly those affiliated with opposition movements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe aim is to obtain information about these people using several different means. Human intelligence is one of the methods used\u2026 Relatives residing in the country of origin of the target of espionage are used as a means of exerting pressure,\u201d Supo told <em>Yle<\/em> via email.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOVUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GOVUK<\/a> Declares Clerical Regime a National Security Threat, Expands Crackdown on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGCterrorists%E2%80%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGCterrorists\u200c<\/a> and MOIS<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/my5xnXS7pF\">https:\/\/t.co\/my5xnXS7pF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1897180601578643783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the agency, the goal of these operations is to silence dissenting voices abroad\u2014a tactic Tehran has repeatedly employed against exiled opposition figures, journalists, and activists in Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Supo also raised alarm over a potentially more dangerous aspect of Iran\u2019s tactics: the use of organized crime networks as proxies for carrying out actions on Finnish soil.\u00a0\u201cIran\u2019s operating model includes the use of proxy actors, such as organized crime groups. Such activities cannot be ruled out in Finland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This assessment echoes growing concerns across Europe. In recent years, multiple Iranian-linked terror or surveillance plots have been uncovered across the continent\u2014including a failed assassination attempt in Haarlem, the Netherlands, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/world\/europe\/article\/iran-mafia-assassinations-europe-sg2k833v9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another in Madrid<\/a>, Spain, both tied to Iranian state actors.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sweden?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sweden<\/a> Fires Migration Agency Official Over Suspected Iran-Linked Ties<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MMFHDCGYiD\">https:\/\/t.co\/MMFHDCGYiD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1904917761114964441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Finnish warning aligns with similar alerts issued by <a href=\"https:\/\/sakerhetspolisen.se\/ovriga-sidor\/other-languages\/english-engelska\/press-room\/news\/news\/2024-05-30-iran-is-using-criminal-networks-in-sweden.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swedish authorities<\/a>, who have reported Tehran\u2019s use of criminal networks to target perceived enemies of the regime in Scandinavia. The United States Treasury Department has also sanctioned criminal syndicates tied to the Iranian regime\u2019s intelligence apparatus operating in Sweden.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Supo, these methods\u2014relying on third-party actors\u2014have become more prominent in both intelligence gathering and sabotage as Iran seeks to obscure its direct role in such operations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cStates try to use intermediaries in their actions to cover their tracks,\u201d the report notes, adding that the threat has increased notably in Nordic countries.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News: Belgium\u2019s Coalition Agreement Calls for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGC<\/a> Terror Designation<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/01thsMhhj2\">https:\/\/t.co\/01thsMhhj2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1893246069154193676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This formal designation by Finnish intelligence represents a significant escalation in how European security agencies view the clerical dictatorship\u2019s footprint in the West. It also marks a deepening deterioration in Iran\u2019s already strained relations with European democracies, which have faced growing pressure to respond to Tehran\u2019s extraterritorial operations with coordinated sanctions and legal action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the IRGC and Iranian regime&#8217;s intelligence networks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/an-overview-of-irans-history-of-hostage-taking-and-how-western-appeasement-has-fueled-tehrans-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expand their reach<\/a> through covert espionage and criminal partnerships, Europe may be forced to rethink its engagement with a regime that has not only repressed its people at home but now openly threatens foreign nationals and institutions abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, Finland&rsquo;s Security Intelligence Service (Supo) has officially listed the clerical dictatorship in Iran as a state actor engaged in espionage against the country. 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