""It can be assumed that Iranian intelligence services will increase their persecution abroad, partly due to current events," wrote the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Germany's domestic intelligence agency, in response to a query from DW. It added: "Transnational repression measures by Iranian intelligence services against dissident organizations and individuals from the diaspora include targeted espionage, discrediting, intimidation, threats, and even the use of violence.""
"While Iran's rulers attempt to crush the popular uprising with extreme brutality and ruthlessness, exiled Iranians around the world fear for the fate of their family members and friends. According to Germany's Federal Statistical Office, around 295,000 people with Iranian roots live in Germany (as of 2024). In 2021, almost half of them had a German passport. Along with worrying about their relatives back in Iran, many of them are also concerned about their own safety."
Iran's crackdown on a popular uprising has caused widespread fear among exiled Iranians in Germany, where about 295,000 people with Iranian roots live and nearly half held German passports in 2021. Many exiles worry for relatives in Iran and fear for their own safety, especially politically active people and journalists. Germany's domestic intelligence agency reports Iranian intelligence is very active and dangerous in Germany and warns of increased transnational repression including espionage, discrediting, intimidation, threats, and violence aimed at suppressing opposition and coercing cooperation. Reports of killings and arrests are numerous but often cannot be independently verified.
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