Turkish intelligence arrested six people over a suspected Iran-linked espionage cell accused of gathering sensitive military and security information, the Daily Sabah newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Israeli authorities arrested a Russian citizen working in Israel on suspicion of carrying out espionage tasks for Iranian intelligence, including photographing ships and infrastructure at Israeli ports, Israeli media reported on Friday.
Iran is seeking to deepen ties with Tunisia as it looks to rebuild regional influence after recent setbacks, according to an Atlantic Council analysis published on Wednesday.
A new transparency feature on X showed that a coordinated cluster of Scottish pro-independence personas was operated from inside Iran, according to findings published by the UK Defense Journal.
Danish police have arrested a 42-year-old Afghan man in Aarhus who is wanted in Germany over suspected Iranian espionage and an alleged plan to attack Jewish targets, Danish media reported.
Iran’s embassy in Paris coordinated a decades-long campaign to influence French political, academic and media spheres, according to a new report by French think tank France2050.
Hezbollah is relying more on its overseas financial networks as Iran faces economic strain, US experts told a Senate hearing on Tuesday, warning that the group could deepen its activities in Venezuela and across Latin America.
A Norwegian court has sentenced a former security guard at the US embassy in Oslo to three years and seven months in prison for passing sensitive information to Russian and Iranian intelligence, the court said on Thursday.
An internal investigation by a major Swedish think tank found that an Iranian scholar used his university affiliation to garner millions in public funds for his pro-Tehran association, a Stockholm-based magazine reported.
A Yale University course on US-Iran relations features former US diplomat Robert Malley as instructor and lists guest speakers with ties to the Islamic Republic, according to an op-ed published by the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS).
Conservative MP Bob Blackman has accused Iran-linked groups of exploiting Britain’s charity sector to spread influence, writing in an op-ed after the cancellation of a children’s camp in Hertfordshire he said was run by supporters of Iran’s Supreme Leader.
A senior Iranian intelligence official and a network of operatives have been identified as key figures in a cyber group that targeted London-based broadcaster Iran International and its staff, according to information obtained by the channel.
A parliamentary report in the UK is set to warn that Iran remains one of the gravest state-based threats to British security, according to The Telegraph, while a separate investigation in Italy has uncovered a vast influence network supporting the Islamic Republic.
Iran is conducting a “shadow war” inside the United Kingdom that extends beyond sanctions violations and includes propaganda, financial networks, and digital disinformation campaigns aimed at dividing society, The Telegraph reported on Monday.
Iran uses its overseas missions to covertly surveil dissidents and fund influence operations via state-backed cultural initiatives, multiple former Iranian diplomats and embassy staff members told Iran International.
Iran and Russia are posing an “extraordinary” threat to the United Kingdom through plots involving espionage, sabotage, and intimidation, Britain’s independent adviser on state threats and terrorism told The New York Times in an interview published Friday.
Iran is conducting increasingly hostile intelligence operations targeting Finland, the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) told public broadcaster Yle in comments published Friday.
Roozbeh Parsi, head of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), has stepped down following the conclusion of an internal investigation into his alleged links to an Iranian influence network.
The campaigns against advocates of Tehran interests outside Iran is not about stifling debate but ensuring a balanced one, with dissenting voices challenging those more aligned with the Islamic Republic.
The British government has not funded Iran's influence network in Western countries, the UK Foreign Office told Iran International, rejecting remarks by a Swedish-Iranian scholar who said his involvement in the scheme was backed by the UK government.
A Swedish lawmaker called for the dismissal of Rouzbeh Parsi from the Swedish Institute for International Affairs, following a media investigation linking him to a Tehran-directed influence network.
Roozbeh Parsi, director of the Swedish Institute for International Affairs’ Middle East program, has denied any cooperation with the Iranian government following a media investigation linking him to a Tehran-directed influence network.