Sweden accuses Iran of spreading thousands of messages to incite revenge for Koran burning

A cyber attack orchestrated by Iran In August 2023, he urged 15,000 Swedes, who received a text message, to react against the burning of the Koran that were taking place in Sweden, in an apparent attempt to encourage social chaos, according to an accusation from the public prosecutor’s office of this country.

“Preliminary investigation shows that it was the Iranian state, through the National Guard, the Islamic Revolution, the one who carried out the cyber attack “The hackers were found in a Swedish company that runs an SMS service. We have been able to establish the identity of the Iranian hackers who carried out this attack,” said prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist.

The prosecutor explained, however, that “since the perpetrators work for a foreign country, in this case Iran, we consider that there are no conditions for legal action or for extradition to Sweden of the persons suspected of the cyber attack,” Ljunqvist explained.

The objective of that campaign was “aggravate the situation and increase the conflict between different groups in society,” says the Prosecutor’s Office.

The Prosecutor’s Office has closed the preliminary investigation, which does not imply that the suspects have been exonerated, since as long as the crime does not expire, the case can be reopened.

In the summer of 2023, there were several events in Sweden Several Quran burnings in public placesacts that had a significant impact in the Islamic world and generated diplomatic protests, riots and threats of economic boycott.

These fires were also a cause of complaint from Türkiye, which delayed parliamentary ratification of Sweden’s entry into NATO for more than a year.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson went so far as to say that Sweden was in the “worst” security situation since World War II (1939-45).