{"id":332985,"date":"2025-06-14T09:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T08:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=332985"},"modified":"2025-06-14T09:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T08:59:23","slug":"iran-news-germanys-bavaria-exposes-tehrans-terror-network-bans-islamic-center-hamburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-germanys-bavaria-exposes-tehrans-terror-network-bans-islamic-center-hamburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: German State of Bavaria Details Tehran\u2019s Espionage and State Terror Operations Across Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_332986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-332986\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-332986 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/German-Verfassungsschutzbericht-Constitution-Protection-Report.jpg\" alt=\"Stacks of the 2024 Verfassungsschutzbericht (Constitution Protection Report) released by Germany\u2019s Federal Ministry of the Interior\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/German-Verfassungsschutzbericht-Constitution-Protection-Report.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/German-Verfassungsschutzbericht-Constitution-Protection-Report-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/German-Verfassungsschutzbericht-Constitution-Protection-Report-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/German-Verfassungsschutzbericht-Constitution-Protection-Report-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/German-Verfassungsschutzbericht-Constitution-Protection-Report-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/German-Verfassungsschutzbericht-Constitution-Protection-Report-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-332986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stacks of the 2024 Verfassungsschutzbericht (Constitution Protection Report) released by Germany\u2019s Federal Ministry of the Interior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"168\" data-end=\"554\">A damning new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bige.bayern.de\/mam\/infos_zu_extremismus\/verfassungsschutzbericht_bayern_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">intelligence report released<\/a> by the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutz Bayern) has exposed the Iranian regime\u2019s extensive use of state terrorism, espionage, and proxy operatives across Europe\u2014especially Germany\u2014while identifying the now-banned Islamic Centre Hamburg as the regime\u2019s central propaganda hub on the continent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"556\" data-end=\"919\">The 2024 report leaves no doubt about Tehran\u2019s malign intentions. \u201cIranian intelligence services use state-terrorist tools to achieve their objectives,\u201d it states bluntly. These operations are not limited to surveillance. \u201cIranian intelligence often engages in activities that serve to prepare acts of state terrorism\u2014including kidnapping and even assassination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"1154\">The report notes that Tehran does not rely solely on its own operatives. \u201cIn such cases, the Iranian regime deploys proxies\u2014often individuals linked to criminal gangs or networks\u2014for espionage or direct action,\u201d the document reveals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/German?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#German<\/a> Authorities Warn of Increasing Espionage and Terrorism Activities by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Regime<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5r882bWNVv\">https:\/\/t.co\/5r882bWNVv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1803397327807488061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Islamic Centre Hamburg Banned as Tehran\u2019s Main Propaganda Arm<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1223\" data-end=\"1513\">At the heart of Iran\u2019s influence operations in Europe stood the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/closure-of-regime-centers-in-germany-is-a-belated-but-necessary-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic Centre Hamburg<\/a> (Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg, IZH), which the report identifies as \u201cthe most important official representation of the Iranian regime in Germany and one of its most significant propaganda hubs in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1515\" data-end=\"2049\">In July 2024, the German government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmi.bund.de\/SharedDocs\/pressemitteilungen\/EN\/2024\/07\/exekutive3-en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">officially banned the IZH<\/a> and its affiliated organizations following sweeping investigations and raids that began in late 2023. The Bavarian Ministry of the Interior highlighted that the Islamic Association of Bavaria in Munich operated as a branch of the IZH, maintaining close ties to the Hamburg-based center. The center had long served as a conduit for disseminating Iran\u2019s hardline ideology and exporting the principles of the clerical dictatorship under the supervision of the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2051\" data-end=\"2391\">The head of the IZH, the report notes, was traditionally \u201ca certified Islamic jurist appointed by Iran\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as the representative of the Supreme Leader in Central Europe.\u201d This setup reveals how deeply Iran had embedded its state ideology\u2014particularly Khomeinist doctrine\u2014into its European operations.<\/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: <br \/>Spy Network in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Germany?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Germany<\/a>, Secret Agent Lists and Quds Force Ties Exposed<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2XasUffRKd\">https:\/\/t.co\/2XasUffRKd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1850995177206247460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2393\" data-end=\"2438\">Exporting Theocracy and Building Militias<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2727\" data-end=\"3079\">Bavarian intelligence officials underline that the regime in Tehran views itself not only as a nation-state but as the ideological center of a transnational revolutionary project. \u201cThe export of the Islamic Revolution and support for Shia communities abroad, particularly in the Middle East, is part of Iran\u2019s strategic objective,\u201d the report explains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3081\" data-end=\"3450\">That export strategy has historically included the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/the-iranian-regimes-irgc-quds-force-1980s-present\/\">IRGC\u2019s Quds Force<\/a>, responsible for military operations beyond Iran\u2019s borders, including the creation and arming of proxy militias such as Hezbollah in Lebanon during the 1980s. The Bavarian report also explicitly warns that Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard continues to serve as a principal vehicle for advancing these aims.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hessen\u2019s Prime Minister Boris Rhein Urges Closure of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Consulates in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Germany?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Germany<\/a> Over Middle East Tensions<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IybSgZEOHW\">https:\/\/t.co\/IybSgZEOHW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1844286320283353298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3452\" data-end=\"3489\">Espionage and Assassination Plots<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3491\" data-end=\"3969\">The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS), the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence Organization (IRGC-IO), and the Quds Force are all named in the report as major actors involved in international espionage and covert operations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3971\" data-end=\"4344\">In a stark illustration of Tehran\u2019s reach and brazenness, the German Foreign Ministry responded to the regime\u2019s execution of a German national by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-orders-shutdown-of-all-iranian-consulates\/a-70650421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closing the Iranian consulates<\/a> in Frankfurt, Munich, and Hamburg in 2024. The report confirms that these diplomatic missions functioned as \u201clegal residencies\u201d (diplomatic covers) for Iranian intelligence operations.<\/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\/German?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#German<\/a> Government\u2019s 16th Human Rights Report Highlights Severe Violations in Iran<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qkt6lwAyJ0\">https:\/\/t.co\/qkt6lwAyJ0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1870155452807516634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4346\" data-end=\"4399\">A Regime Built on Repression, Cloaked in Religion<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4401\" data-end=\"4783\">The Bavarian report also exposes the ideological underpinnings of the Iranian regime\u2019s activities. According to the analysis, the Khomeinist worldview integrates religion, politics, and law under the banner of divine rule, rejecting secular governance outright.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4785\" data-end=\"5047\">The report serves as a sharp warning not just about Tehran\u2019s actions abroad, but about the true nature of its ruling system: a brutal theocracy that relies on coercion, deception, and violence\u2014not only to suppress dissent at home but to silence opponents abroad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5049\" data-end=\"5282\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">As Germany and other EU states reassess their diplomatic and security relations with the Iranian regime, Bavaria\u2019s findings make one thing clear: appeasement is not an option. 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