Broken glass and shattered storefront windows mark the façade of an Israeli restaurant in Munich after assailants smashed the windows and threw pyrotechnic devices inside during an overnight attack on April 9-10, 2026. Photo: Screenshot

German authorities have indicted two suspected Iranian intelligence operatives accused of helping coordinate assassination plots targeting Jewish community leaders and a prominent pro-Israel politician, intensifying concerns over the growing threat of Iran-linked terrorist networks across Europe.

According to a report by the German newspaper Der Spiegel, the country’s Federal Public Prosecutor has filed charges before the Higher Regional Court in the northern state of Hamburg against two men accused of plotting the assassination of the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany and a prominent pro-Israel political figure.

Investigators have identified the main suspect, an Afghan-born Danish national, as an alleged operative for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who prosecutors say maintained close ties to the Quds Force, the Iranian regime’s elite unit responsible for overseeing proxy militias and covert terrorist operations abroad.

He is accused of carrying out intelligence-gathering operations inside Germany for potential future attacks, including surveillance in Berlin targeting sites linked to Jewish institutions. These allegedly included a Jewish grocery store and a kosher supermarket that were monitored in preparation for possible arson or murder plots.

German authorities have also identified a second individual, a 52-year-old Afghan national, as an alleged accomplice now facing charges for reportedly agreeing to obtain a firearm and recruit a contract killer in support of the suspected plot.

The alleged plan was reportedly thwarted before any attack could be carried out after the main suspect was arrested in Denmark in June 2025 and later extradited to Germany.

He is charged with espionage on behalf of Iran and with “agent activity for sabotage purposes,” while his alleged accomplice remains in pre-trial detention and is expected to face charges over attempted involvement in murder plots.

For years, German security services have warned of what they describe as “state-terrorist activities” linked to the Iranian regime, amid growing concern that Tehran is relying more heavily on covert operatives, proxy networks, and criminal intermediaries to target dissidents, Jewish communities, and pro-Israel figures across Europe.

Following a recent series of attacks targeting US and Israeli-linked interests across the continent, new evidence now points to a wider network of pro-Iranian operatives coordinating activities across multiple European countries.

In a separate investigation, US authorities have identified Iraqi terror suspect Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi as a central figure allegedly connected to numerous attacks targeting Jewish institutions throughout Europe.

Al-Saadi, a senior figure within the Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah, a Shiite paramilitary group closely aligned with the IRGC, is accused of coordinating attacks in Europe through the newly emerged terror group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya.

After Al-Saadi was arrested in Turkey and extradited to the United States, American officials charged him with multiple terrorism-related offenses, including providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

Last month, the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution warned of a rising threat level across the country and Europe more broadly from pro-Iranian extremist groups, specifically citing the expanding activities of Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya and signaling broader concerns about coordinated operations on the continent.

Since the start of the US-Israeli campaign against Iran earlier this year, European governments have tightened domestic security amid mounting fears that Tehran could activate proxy networks across the continent to retaliate against US, Israeli, and Jewish targets.

But even with increased security and heightened intelligence monitoring, Europe has seen a string of attacks targeting Jewish and Israeli institutions, several of them claimed by the newly emerged Iran-linked terrorist organization.

Just in April, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya claimed responsibility for a wave of attacks across the UK, Germany, North Macedonia, Belgium, and the Netherlands, many of them concentrated in London.

Since emerging in early March, the group has taken credit for at least 15 attacks against Jewish and Western targets across Europe.

German intelligence has identified a recurring pattern, with young individuals repeatedly recruited via social media and encrypted platforms to carry out attacks in exchange for modest payments.

German officials suspect the terrorist group may be part of a broader Iraqi Shiite network with ties to Iran’s regional proxy infrastructure, raising concerns about cross-border coordination and external direction.