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Sweden accuses Iran over ‘revenge’ messages after 2023 Qur’an burnings
Prosecutors say Iranians hacked SMS operator to send thousands of texts whose ‘aim was to create division’
Swedish prosecutors have accused Iran’s intelligence service of hacking an SMS operator in 2023 to send messages encouraging people to take revenge on protesters who had burned copies of the Qur’an.
Sweden’s prosecution authority said on Tuesday that 15,000 messages “calling for revenge” were sent in the summer of 2023 after a slew of protests involving desecrations of the Qur’an. “The aim was to create division in Swedish society,” the authority said.
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