Iran’s global terror machine stripped of deniability as Australia expels Iranian ambassador, Germany issues rebuke, and arrests ripple across three continents.
Israel Pulls Back the Curtain on Tehran’s Shadow War
In a dramatic public revelation on Sunday, Israel’s Mossad named Sardar Ammar, a senior commander within Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as the mastermind behind a sophisticated international terror network responsible for multiple foiled attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets across the world between 2024 and 2025.
The Mossad, releasing its statement through the Prime Minister’s Office, said Ammar operated under the direct command of Esmail Qaani, head of the IRGC’s elite Quds Force, the branch tasked with exporting Iran’s revolutionary violence across the globe. The network, Mossad stated, has been active in Australia, Greece, and Germany, and its unmasking has triggered diplomatic earthquakes from Canberra to Berlin.
Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office on behalf of the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations:
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) October 26, 2025
From Australia to Europe, a senior Iranian operative behind global attack plots has been exposed, leading to a wave of terror cell arrests. The report reveals Iran’s covert… pic.twitter.com/rfblrkztX6
“Terror Without Fingerprints”: How Iran Operates in the Shadows
The Mossad’s statement painted a chilling picture of how Iran conducts its global terror campaigns, what it called “terror without Iranian fingerprints.”
The network, it said, relied on foreign mercenaries, criminal intermediaries, and encrypted communications, all designed to mask Tehran’s hand. Each cell operated in deep isolation from the others, a hallmark of Quds Force tradecraft perfected over decades.
“Thanks to intensive cooperation with partners in Israel and abroad,” Mossad declared, “dozens of attack tracks were thwarted, saving many lives.”
The agency emphasized that Ammar’s unit was directly responsible for the attempted strikes in Greece, Australia, and Germany, all aimed at Israeli embassies, Jewish institutions, and civilian centers. Its exposure led to a wave of arrests and the collapse of a major Iranian terror apparatus operating across Western democracies.
Australia Draws a Red Line
The Mossad’s revelations appear to have accelerated Canberra’s sharp diplomatic response.
In late August, Australia took the extraordinary step of expelling Iran’s ambassador, Ahmad Sadeghi, after its intelligence services linked Tehran to antisemitic arson attacks in Melbourne and Sydney, both targeting Jewish community centers.
Sadeghi, who publicly denied the accusations, was escorted out of the country amid growing bipartisan calls to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization, a move that would align Australia with the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
“Iran has crossed a line into direct acts of terrorism on Australian soil,” a senior intelligence official was quoted as saying. “The Mossad’s cooperation was critical in exposing it.”
Mossad reveals IRGC officer Sardar Amar behind foiled attacks on Israelis and Jews in Australia, Greece, and Germany. A covert network under his command used foreign operatives and criminal elements. Dozens of attacks foiled; international measures taken against Iran. pic.twitter.com/2Bp0wW2HzA
— Israel National News - Arutz Sheva (@ArutzSheva_En) October 26, 2025
Germany Issues Stern Warning
In Germany, the diplomatic fallout was equally intense.
In July, Berlin summoned Iran’s ambassador, Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, after authorities arrested a Danish nationalsuspected of conducting surveillance of Jewish and Israel-linked sites in Berlin, a chilling precursor, investigators believe, to an imminent terror attack.
German intelligence traced the operation back to IRGC handlers in Tehran, part of the same network exposed by Israel.
Officials warned Tehran that such activities were “unacceptable acts of foreign-directed terrorism” and would have “grave consequences” for bilateral relations.
Athens: The European Frontline
The Mossad’s statement also cited Greece as a key European hub for Iranian terror operations.
In 2024, Greek police arrested a cell composed of Iranian and Afghan nationals suspected of arson attacks on a synagogue and an Israeli-owned hotel in Athens.
The previous year, two Pakistanis were charged in connection with a Quds Force-directed plot to assassinate Israeli citizens in the capital, a pattern that has now become unmistakable.
Greek authorities, working closely with Israeli intelligence, have since increased counterterrorism coordination amid fears that Iran’s proxies could exploit Europe’s migrant networks to infiltrate targets.
Adass Synagogue in Melbourne was attacked and it was traced back to Iran. From Australia to Israel to the US, antisemitism is rising. Hate has no borders. You don’t need to be Jewish to stand up for what’s right. You just need to be human. @Erin_Molan @Facts_For_Peace pic.twitter.com/OClKYn34l7
— Montana Tucker (@montanatucker) September 30, 2025
Iran’s Strategy: Global Terror, Local Deniability
The Mossad accused Iran of waging a years-long undeclared war against Israeli civilians worldwide, one designed to exact a psychological and diplomatic toll while maintaining plausible deniability.
“This exposure,” the Mossad statement concluded, “strips Iran of its space for denial, removes its immunity, and exacts a heavy diplomatic cost.”
The agency said that under Ammar’s direction, Tehran’s network of proxies had repeatedly sought to “harm innocents around the globe” as a form of asymmetric retaliation for Israel’s precision strikes against Iranian assets in Syria and Lebanon.
A Blow to Iran’s Global Terror Machine
Sunday’s announcement represents a rare public disclosure from Mossad, a calculated move aimed at naming and shaming Iran’s terror architects while galvanizing international action.
By outing Ammar and his global cells, Israel has signaled that Tehran’s long arm of terror is no longer invisible, nor immune.
