Iranian intelligence services are conducting extensive surveillance operations against opposition activists in Germany, using family members as leverage and WhatsApp to recruit informants, according to German security officials and exiled Iranians.
Iran's Ministry of Intelligence — also known as VAJA and MOIS — along with the Quds Force and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence Organisation are monitoring rallies and attempting to identify opposition figures, Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution told Euronews.
