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Iran behind low-level ‘hybrid warfare’ attacks in UK and Europe, analysts say

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Iran behind low-level ‘hybrid warfare’ attacks in UK and Europe, analysts say
Iranian intelligence services apparently recruiting via intermediaries to mount attacks aimed at sowing chaosIranian intelligence services and Revolutionary Guards operatives are recruiting
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Iranian intelligence services apparently recruiting via intermediaries to mount attacks aimed at sowing chaos

Iranian intelligence services and Revolutionary Guards operatives are recruiting teenagers through criminal intermediaries to launch a wave of low-level “hybrid warfare” attacks in Europe and the UK, according to investigators, security officials, analysts and police documents.

A first wave of attacks was launched in early March, 10 days after the US and Israel began strikes on Iran, and targeted Jewish community sites in Belgium, the Netherlands and US banks. A second wave has focused on the UK, with a series of arson and attempted arson attacks on synagogues, a Jewish charity and the offices of an Iranian opposition TV network in London.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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