{"id":2451020,"date":"2025-06-23T19:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T23:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-embassy-in-sweden-issues-security-alert-over-threat-of-iran-backed-gang-attacks\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T19:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T23:30:03","slug":"us-embassy-in-sweden-issues-security-alert-over-threat-of-iran-backed-gang-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-embassy-in-sweden-issues-security-alert-over-threat-of-iran-backed-gang-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"US Embassy in Sweden issues security alert over threat of Iran-backed gang attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-embassy-in-sweden-issues-security-alert-over-threat-of-iran-backed-gang-attacks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2451020&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Embassy in Sweden has issued a security alert cautioning American citizens of potential threats from Iran-backed gang attacks targeting U.S. and Israeli interests. The alert stems from concerns that Tehran may leverage local criminal organizations, particularly the notorious Foxtrot Network, to execute assaults in retaliation for U.S. military actions against Iranian nuclear sites. The warning specifically advises U.S. citizens to remain vigilant, avoid crowded areas, and be aware of their surroundings, especially near the U.S. Embassy in stockholm. The Foxtrot network is associated wiht various forms of organized crime, including trafficking and violent acts, and is believed to be linked to Iranian intelligence activities aimed at carrying out attacks on Jewish and Israeli entities across Europe.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">US Embassy in Sweden issues security alert over threat of Iran-backed gang attacks<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2156207\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Embassy in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sweden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sweden\">Sweden<\/a> issued a security alert to U.S. citizens, warning that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Iran\">Iran<\/a> could use local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-now-signed-52-executive-orders-and-actions-in-first-20-days-in-office\/\" title=\"Biden Has Now Signed 52 Executive Orders And Actions In First 20 Days In Office\">criminal gangs<\/a> to carry out attacks against U.S. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israeli\">Israeli<\/a> interests.<\/p>\n<p>The embassy in Stockholm posted a security alert on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >citing local media reports speculating<\/a> that Tehran could use connections within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3152162\/iran-turning-criminal-groups-attack-exiled-dissidents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"criminal gangs\">criminal gangs<\/a> to carry out reprisal attacks over the recent U.S. bombing of its nuclear sites. It specifically warned of the Foxtrot Network, a gang run by a Kurdish migrant to Sweden who is currently believed to be residing in Iran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3451309\/iran-attack-qatar-us-base-regionwide-condemnation\/\">Iranian strike on US Qatari base met with regionwide condemnation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3451065\/ali-khamenei-escape-iran-few-options-asylum\/\">Khamenei has few options for asylum and no reason to leave<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3451427\/jon-karl-trumps-maga-iran-critics-remarkably-quiet-after-strike\/\">Jon Karl: Trump&rsquo;s MAGA Iran critics &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-karl-trumps-maga-iran-critics-remarkably-quiet-after-strike\/\" title=\"Jon Karl: Trump\u2019s MAGA ... critics \u2018remarkably quiet\u2019 after strike\">remarkably quiet&#038;rsquo<\/a>; after strike<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Swedish media reports that Iran may be pressuring local criminal gangs, including the Foxtrot Network, to carry out attacks in Sweden against U.S. and Israeli interests,&rdquo; the notice <a href=\"https:\/\/se.usembassy.gov\/security-alert-u-s-embassy-stockholm-june-23-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"read\">said<\/a>.&nbsp;&ldquo;U.S. citizens in Sweden are advised to exercise increased caution and maintain awareness of their surroundings, particularly near the U.S. Embassy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The embassy urged U.S. citizens to exercise caution around the facility and to avoid crowds, among other security precautions.<\/p>\n<p>The Foxtrot Network is among Sweden&rsquo;s most infamous gangs, taking part in arms and drug trafficking, assaults, shootings, and contract killings, among other crimes. It operates across northern Europe, led from Iran by fugitive leader Rawa Majid. It was sanctioned by the United States in April over its connections to Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>According to the State Department, Tehran has leveraged the network to carry out attacks on Jewish and Israeli targets across Europe, including an attack against the Israeli Embassy in Sweden in January 2024. It alleged that Majid specifically cooperated with the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has begun outsourcing assassinations and other espionage operations to local criminal gangs over the past half decade, especially after destabilizing protests rocked the country in 2022. A September investigation from the <em>Washington Post<\/em> found that Iran has enlisted at least five criminal syndicates, including the Hells Angels, to carry out attacks against dissidents, Jewish, and Israeli targets.<\/p>\n<p>In one plot, Iran hired a member of the German branch of the Hells Angels, Ramin Yektaparast, to bomb a synagogue in Essen.<\/p>\n<p>Majid is just one of several criminal leaders working out of Iran with Iranian intelligence. A heroin trafficking kingpin based out of Tehran, Naji Sharifi Zindashti, negotiated a $350,000 contract with two Hells Angels members residing in Canada to assassinate an Iranian defector living in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3152162\/iran-turning-criminal-groups-attack-exiled-dissidents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"IRAN TURNING TO CRIMINAL GROUPS TO ATTACK EXILED DISSIDENTS\">IRAN TURNING TO CRIMINAL GROUPS TO ATTACK EXILED DISSIDENTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Warnings to U.S. citizens to stay away from crowds due to possible attacks are a common occurrence when conflicts flare up. Americans in Russia in February 2022 were repeatedly warned of a mass casualty event that never came.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced a &ldquo;Complete and total CEASEFIRE&rdquo; between Israel and Iran on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2156207\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2156207\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Embassy in Sweden warns citizens of potential Iran-backed gang attacks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2451021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/swedish-embassy-alert.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[57777,22682,42507,7626,44489],"class_list":["post-2451020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gang-attacks","tag-iran-backed","tag-security-alert","tag-sweden","tag-us-embassy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/swedish-embassy-alert.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2451020"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451024,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451020\/revisions\/2451024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2451021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2451020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2451020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}