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The Danish government said Tuesday it had been said that it was an assassination plot in the country by Iran and called for European Union to respond, at a critical moment in relations between Europe and Tehran.
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The separatist organization, the Ahvaz Liberation movement, is linked to a group of Iran 22 that killed 25 people. The group blamed by Iran and Islamic State.
Danish security services said the arrested. An Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson on Tuesday said Iran had no involvement in the case.
The funeral in the Iranian city of Ahvaz on Sept. 24 following an attack on a parade two days earlier. Denmark says an Iranian operative arrested in October.
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Tuesday's announcement was the latest in a series of allegations that Tehran is sponsoring acts of violence in Europe. "It is totally unacceptable that Iran or any other foreign state assassination plans on Danish soil. Further actions against Iran will be discussed in the EU, "Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Twitter.
European governments have been building links with Iran in an effort to sustain the 2015 multinational nuclear agreement that granted the country relief from sanctions. President Trump pulled the U.S. out of agreement in May and the US is set to reimpose wide-ranging sanctions on Tehran on Monday.
Denmark said Tuesday it had sent its ambassador from Tehran for consultation.
The government gave details of a large-scale police operation on Sept. 28, when authorities closed the door in Copenhagen and suspended operations in connection with the case.
The conduct and recognition of the residence of the leader of the Ahvaz Liberation Movement, Danish authorities said.
The authorities, who worked with foreign partners, said they believe he will be sent to Iranian intelligence service to help an assassination plan against the leader of the group, known to the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz.
Security services said they had been offering protection to the Ahvaz group's leader since the spring because of "tangible threats which … emanate from Iran."
The Danish report comes after French officials said Iran was behind the attack at the annual conference of a France-based Iranian opposition group in late June.
U.S. officials have said that Iran has been left behind in the past few years. Iran has denied those allegations.
Until now, the EU has steered clear of commenting on the case or accusations that Iran was stepping up its Europe-based attacks. Denmark's announcement and its call for an answer to the Brussels' agenda.
"At this stage we are following the events and are in contact with [Danish] Federica Mogherini, Federica Mogherini.
The EU has sanctions in place on Iran over human-rights abuses and terror links, and earlier this year discussed possible new restrictions on Iranian individuals and entities. However, the bloc has pledged to keep its nuclear-related sanctions suspended and is working on new measures to maintain trade and sanctions against U.S. sanctions on Iran.
Denmark has full diplomatic ties with Iran. Two years ago.
Trump administrators have said the European countries under the security threat posed by Iran and called on European governments to increase diplomatic and economic pressure on Tehran.
"For nearly 40 years, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday. "We call on our allies and partners to confront the full range of Iran's threats to peace and security."
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