Iran Could Be Behind Alleged Murder Plot in Denmark

Iran Could Be Behind Alleged Murder Plot in Denmark
Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen during a news conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Oct. 30, 2018. Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters
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STOCKHOLM—An alleged murder plot in Denmark involving Iranian intelligence agents has put a strain on Iran’s relations with the Nordic country—and possibly the whole European Union.

Danish authorities said on Oct. 30 they suspected an Iranian government intelligence service had tried to carry out a plot to assassinate an Iranian Arab opposition figure on their soil.