Police suspect the criminal Foxtrot network is commissioning assassination plots against Iranian regime critics and Israeli interests in Sweden, according to sources told SVT. The assignments are reportedly shared via encrypted apps like Signal. Sweden's Security Service warns of threats against individuals seen as dangers to the Iranian regime.
Police suspect the Foxtrot network, led by Rawa Majid, is commissioning assassination plots against Iranian regime critics and Israeli interests. According to SVT, these assignments have been shared via encrypted messaging services like Signal. Sweden's Security Service (Säpo) confirms a threat landscape against individuals in Sweden perceived as threats to the regime and notes that Iran may utilize criminal networks for such purposes.
"There is a threat against prominent Iranian opposition groups and individuals in Sweden who are perceived as a threat to the regime," Säpo writes to SVT. A government source states: "We see a risk to Israeli interests and Iranian regime critics. We believe such assignments are being issued now."
Investigations are underway in the West region and Stockholm regarding violence commissions from Foxtrot. Swedish authorities have received intelligence linking an attack on an embassy in Oslo this weekend to the network, details under review. The war in Iran has heightened warnings for attacks on Israeli, Jewish, and American interests, as well as regime critics.
Foxtrot has previously been linked to multiple attacks. Uppdrag granskning revealed last summer six executed and one planned attack on Israel's embassies in Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Brussels, plus against the arms company Elbit in Gothenburg. Reports from gang environments indicate the Iranian regime has pressured Rawa Majid to coordinate acts against Israeli and American interests.
TV4 reports that Foxtrot has targeted regime critic Arvin Khosnood. An attempted murder in Uddevalla involved a 17-year-old hired by Ali Shehab, an ally of Majid arrested in Iraq in December last year. The same teenager is suspected in an attempt on Khosnood's life, with several boys involved. One is also suspected of incitement to endangerment against a Swedish arms company with business ties to Israel.
The National Operations Department is monitoring developments but declines to comment on specific reports.
