Recent examples of Iran's use of criminals against opponents abroad

Iran ordered armed attacks on Israeli embassies in Sweden and Denmark
By Mehran Abbasian
Iran International
October 4, 2024
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202410041497

Director General Ken McCallum gives latest threat update
Security Service MI5
October 8, 2024
https://www.mi5.gov.uk/director-general-ken-mccallum-gives-latest-threat-update

Tehran's plot to murder a US protected witness
How Iran’s terror web and Canadian hitmen abandoned their plan after a communication disruption
By Shahed Alavi
Iran International
https://content.iranintl.com/tehrans-plot-to-murder-a-us-protected-witness/index.html?_gl=1*1lfvpsj*_ga*OTU1ODEwMDYuMTcxOTM5MTAyOQ..

Iran turns to criminal syndicates like Hells Angels to silence critics globally
Iran International
September 12, 2024
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202409124230

Iran turns to Hells Angels and other criminal gangs to target critics
Iran has cultivated ties with criminal networks in the West to carry out a recent wave of violent plots in the United States and Europe.
By Greg Miller, Souad Mekhennet and Cate Brown
The Washington Post
September 12, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/12/iran-criminal-gangs-target-dissidents/

Paris court charges couple in Iranian plot to kill jews and Israelis
Iran International
September 8, 2024
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202409081657

Iran-backed terror plots thwarted in Europe, Israeli firms targeted
Iran International
September 5, 2024
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202409056555

Iranian Dissident Escapes Assassination Attempt in Netherlands
Iran International
June 26, 2024
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202406261693

Iran 'Reshaping Murder-for-Hire Markets' in West
Iran International
May 16, 2024
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202405162520

Gangs of Tehran: how Iran takes out its enemies abroad
By Rohit Kachroo
The Spectator
May 18, 2024
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/gangs-of-tehran-how-iran-takes-out-its-enemies-abroad/

Stockholm says Iran using Swedish gangs to target Israel, others
Al Arabiya
AFP
May 30, 2024
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/05/30/stockholm-says-iran-using-swedish-gangs-to-target-israel-others

Iran Using Criminals in Sweden to Target Israeli, Jewish Interests
By Negar Mojtahedi
Iran International
May 31, 2024
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202405309211

Gangsters Beyond Borders Join Iran's Malign Network
By Shahram Kholdi
Iran International
June 2, 2024
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202406015756

Iran Uses 'Gangs' To Harm Journalists Abroad - Report
Iran International
April 8, 2024
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202404085005

Stabbings, kidnaps and terror campaigns: How Iran's mad mullahs are ordering gangland hits on the streets of Britain... and no one knows how to stop them
By Guy Adams
Daily Mail
April 5, 2024
https://archive.md/ZIShX#selection-1095.0-1095.153

Double-Agent Reveals IRGC Plot To Kill Iran International TV Anchors
Iran International
December 21, 2023
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202312219498

US, UK Sanction Iran Over Plot to Kill Iran International Journalists
Iran international
January 29, 2024
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202401293510

Plot Against Synagogue: German Court Ruling Implicates Tehran
Iran Wire
December 20, 2023
https://iranwire.com/en/news/123709-plot-against-synagogue-german-court-ruling-implicates-tehran/

Criminal Kingpin Leads Drugs Trade Thanks To IRGC
Iran International
May 17, 2023
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202305171838

Iran hiring crime gangs to assassinate dissidents in UK, West, officials say: Report
Officials believe that Iran is hiring criminal gangs to kill dissidents abroad.
By Tala Michel Issa
Al Arabiya
February 5, 2023
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/02/05/Iran-hiring-crime-gangs-to-assassinate-dissidents-in-UK-West-officials-say-Report

US Congress Reportedly Passes HUNT Act Against Islamic Republic
Iran International
December 25, 2022
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202212255819

White House Says Man With AK-47 Who Stalked Dissident Journalist in Brooklyn Was Agent for Iranian Government
By Josh Dickey
The Wrap
August 4, 2022
https://www.thewrap.com/iranian-journalist-masih-aliejad-ak-47-stalk-agent-iran/amp/

FBI arrests man with a military-style rifle near the home of a high-profile Iranian dissident journalist
By Jonathan Dienst, Myles Miller and Ken Dilanian
NBC News
August 1, 2022
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna40882

A man with a loaded AK-47 was arrested outside an Iranian journalist's Brooklyn home
By Josh Campbell
CNN 
July 31, 2022
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/07/31/us/iranian-journalist-masih-alinejad-man-arrested-ak-47/index.html