Israel’s Mossad has identified Sardar Ammar, a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander, as overseeing a network behind foiled attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets in Australia, Greece, and Germany between 2024 and 2025.
In a statement released via the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, Mossad said Ammar’s unit, operating under Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, conducted “terror without Iranian fingerprints” through “foreign recruits, criminals, and covert communications.”
The agency said cooperation with international partners “thwarted dozens of attack tracks, saving many lives.”
The exposure has triggered diplomatic fallout, with Australia expelling Iranian Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi in August and moving to designate the IRGC a terrorist organisation after intelligence linked Tehran to antisemitic arson attacks in Melbourne and Sydney.
Sadeghi denied the allegations as he left the country.
In Greece, authorities in 2024 arrested Iranian and Afghan nationals over arson attacks targeting an Israeli-owned hotel and a synagogue in Athens, following a 2023 plot involving two Pakistanis accused of planning Iran-directed strikes on Jewish sites.
Mossad said the revelations “strip Iran of its space for denial” and demonstrate a years-long campaign by Tehran to harm civilians “while maintaining deniability.”
