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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Tehran has rejected as “baseless” accusations by Copenhagen’s security service that it has had “a growing impact on the terrorist threat” landscape, assessing that Iran currently has “a stronger intent” to direct or support violent acts, including against Israeli and Jewish interests, as well as Iranian dissidents in Denmark and elsewhere in Europe.
“The accusations levelled against the Islamic Republic of Iran in the [Danish Security and Intelligence Service] PET’s recent assessment are mainly based on general evaluations and claims rather than documented and undeniable evidence,” the Iranian embassy in Copenhagen said in a statement on Saturday.
Iran has rejected any involvement in the alleged activities on Danish soil, the statement said, adding that PET reports in recent years have presented a misleading image of an “Iranian threat” without evidence to support the claims.
The Iranian embassy in Denmark further noted that “raising baseless allegations against the Islamic Republic of Iran is part of a broader process aimed at politically and internationally isolating Iran, rather than the result of proving a real and documented threat against Denmark or any other Western country.”
The Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) recently published its 2026 Assessment of the Terrorist Threat to the Kingdom of Denmark, which found that Iran uses methods associated with terrorism as a tool to weaken adversaries without triggering open warfare.
"Terrorism, potentially through proxies, can be a convenient instrument for a state seeking to harm or weaken an adversary without crossing the threshold of armed conflict. Such attacks may occur in countries directly involved in a conflict, or in third countries that are merely used as arenas for that conflict,” the report said.
While there are “no indications that Iran considers itself in a conflict with Denmark,” the report noted that “from an Iranian perspective, Denmark is but one arena among several where the regime can wage its conflicts and wars."
The report further stated that Iran's hostile intent in Denmark and elsewhere in Europe is narrowly focused on Israeli interests, Jewish institutions, and political dissidents opposed to the establishment.
“Iran currently has a stronger intent to direct or support violent acts in Europe, including Denmark, targeting Israeli and Jewish interests and certain Iranian dissidents,” it said, assessing that potential targets may include “the Israeli embassy as well as individuals, locations, institutions and companies that, from an Iranian perspective, can be associated with Israel or Judaism, including companies which Iran believes are delivering weapons to Israel.”
Prior to Denmark's assessment, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the BfV, warned earlier this month that “the abstract threat level posed by Iranian intelligence services to [pro-]Jewish, [pro-]Israeli targets, as well as Iranian opposition individuals and groups in Germany, remains high,” adding that Iranian intelligence services “primarily rely on proxies linked to organized crime networks already operating in target countries.”
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom in March 2025 accused Tehran of intensifying operations on British soil, saying Iranian intelligence services were directing “this damaging activity.” It added that “rather than working directly on UK shores, they use criminal proxies to do their bidding. This helps to obfuscate their involvement, while they sit safely ensconced in Tehran."
Earlier, the Swedish Security Service (Sapo) stated in May 2024 that “the Iranian regime is using criminal networks in Sweden to carry out acts of violence against other states, groups or people in Sweden that it considers a threat.”