Ramin Yektaparast, the main suspect in organizing an attack on a Jewish cultural center in Essen

Yektaparast is suspected of directing attacks from Tehran through his criminal networks in Germany, allegedly at the behest of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the officials say. Those attacks are part of what Germany’s security services see as an uptick in Iranian regime activity aimed at Jewish targets as well as the Iranian diaspora in Germany. That would be in line with a reported increase in Iranian assassination and kidnapping threats in Europe and the United States.