Bavaria’s Interior Minister, Joachim Herrmann (CSU), has issued warnings concerning potential attacks orchestrated by individuals in Germany who are loyal to the Iranian regime. Speaking to the TV channel “Welt” on Friday, Herrmann stated that Germany must assume that the Iranian intelligence services-in whatever form they operate-are monitoring various people residing in the country. He warned that these groups could potentially commit serious crimes, and even attacks.
He specified that potential targets could range from people of Iranian descent who are known opponents of the Teheran government, but these groups could also potentially target Jewish institutions. Herrmann referenced the attack on the Israeli restaurant Eclipse in Munich last April, noting that the CSU politician believes there is concrete suspicion regarding “Iranian-origin perpetrators”. While acknowledging that, as of now, there are no specific details of planned attacks that he is aware of, he emphasized that the underlying danger remains.
Herrmann’s comments came amid a New York Times report that detailed disagreements between German intelligence agencies and the federal government regarding the assessment of the danger situation. According to that report, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) and Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) have publicly addressed threats, they tended to present the severity of these risks in a more hypothetical manner.
