Attorney General investigates: Iran responsible for attacks on synagogues?

Investigators suspect the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and a German-Iranian from the rocker milieu were behind the attacks on synagogues in North Rhine-Westphalia. This experienced that ARD-political magazine contrasts from security circles.

After several attacks on synagogues in North Rhine-Westphalia, contrasts-Information taken over by the Federal Public Prosecutor’s investigation. The focus should be on the German-Iranian Ramin Y., who apparently fled to Iran in September 2021. The federal prosecutor’s office could not be reached at short notice for an enquiry.

The investigators see a connection between the shots at the old synagogue in Essen, the unsuccessful arson attack on the synagogue in Bochum and the instigation of an arson attack on the synagogue in Dortmund in mid-November. “We’re talking about state terrorism here,” said one investigator contrasts.

Central Council President Schuster in sight

According to the investigation, there is currently an increased threat for the President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Josef Schuster. To contrasts-The investigators have information that indicates that the group around Y. Schuster wanted to spy. The authorities should therefore assume an increased threat for shoemakers.

German-Iranian to lead command

Ramin Y. is the founder of the Mönchengladbach branch of the rocker club Hells Angels and is wanted with an international arrest warrant for, among other things, a murder in the rocker milieu. To contrasts-Information that the security authorities assume that Y. is in charge of an operational command for attacks in Germany for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

On the night of November 18, a 35-year-old German-Iranian was arrested in Dortmund. To contrasts-He is said to have been in contact with Ramin Y. for information. The accused is accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at a school that is directly adjacent to the Bochum synagogue. He is also said to have tried to persuade another man to carry out an arson attack on the Dortmund synagogue. He should follow the man contrasts-Also threatened information if he didn’t cooperate. However, this man revealed himself as a witness to the police.