Swedish prosecutors have accused Iran’s intelligence services of “hacking” an SMS operator in 2023 to send messages urging people to take revenge on protesters who burned Korans.
Oku.Az reports that AFP is writing about this.
It was reported that in the summer of 2023, after a series of protests related to the burning of the holy book, around 15,000 messages were sent to local residents calling for “revenge against those who burned the Quran.”
The aim was to create division in Swedish society.
Sweden’s Sapo intelligence service said in a separate statement that it had determined the hacking group was acting on behalf of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps to carry out an influence campaign.
Sapo’s chief operating officer, Fredrik Hallström, believes the aim was to create an image of Sweden as an “Islamophobic country”.
Iranian officials have already denied these accusations.
