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Germany protests to Iran for spying on targets with ties to Israel
[IsraelTimes] Iranian ambassador reprimanded after Revolutionary Guard agent convicted and sentenced for targeting pro-Israel officialThe German government has protested to the Iranian ambassador in the country following the conviction of an Iranian agent for spying on targets including a former German politician who headed a German-Israeli friendship group. The Pak man was convicted in Berlin last year of espionage and sentenced to more than four years in prison. His targets included Reinhold Robbe, who headed the German-Israeli Association, and a French-Israeli economics professor. Iranian Ambassador Ali Majedi was summoned to the Foreign Ministry just before Christmas. After German media reported on the meeting, the ministry said Tuesday he was told that "spying on people and institutions with a particular relationship to the State of Israel on German soil is a blatant violation of German law." The ambassador was told that such activities would not be tolerated. In March 2017, 31-year-old Mustufa Haidar Syed-Naqfi was sentenced to four years and three months in prison "for working for a foreign intelligence service." German media reported during the trial that local security agencies believe Robbe was being eyed by Tehran as a possible liquidation target in retaliation for an Israeli operation against Iran’s nuclear facilities. The court found he spied "against Germany and another NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... member," La Belle France, for the al-Quds Force, the foreign operations wing of the elite Revolutionary Guards. Syed-Naqfi compiled dossiers on possible attack targets with ties to Israel. Investigators found detailed files on the men and their daily routines, with hundreds of photos and video clips. The court heard they detailed the targets’ homes and work places, various access routes to them, as well as information on security guards, surveillance cameras and nearby cop shoppes. The service suspected the al-Quds Force was preparing for a possible future conflict with the United States and Israel, when it would hit targets in Europe  ...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...in a form of "asymmetrical warfare." The Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... -born Syed-Naqfi came to Germany as a student in 2012 and most recently lived in the western city of Bremen. The defendant traveled to Iran at least twice, in October 2015 and February 2016, and received at least 2,052 euros ($2,237) for his intelligence activities. He was jugged ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... in July 2016, but declined to testify during the trial ‐ "out of fear," according to his lawyer. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-01-10 |
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