A preliminary investigation led by prosecutors found that a cyber group called Anzu acting for Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), sought to create division in society and paint Sweden as an Islamophobic country.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish authorities said on Tuesday that Iran hacked into a text messaging service last year and sent thousands of messages urging Swedes to take revenge against Koran burners. In 2023,

Sweden says that Iran was behind thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge over the burnings of Islam's holy book in 2023.

Sweden uncovered an Iranian hacking operation to send text messages in a bid to sow fear in the Nordic country.

Around 15,000 messages 'calling for revenge' against desecrators of Islam's holy book were sent in the summer of 2023. Sweden's intelligence service determined that a hacker group had been acting 'on behalf of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

STOCKHOLM - Sweden’s prosecutors on Sept 24 accused Iran’s intelligence service of hacking an SMS operator in 2023 to send messages encouraging people to take revenge on protesters who had burned the Quran.

Sweden’s Prosecution Authority said in a statement that some 15,000 messages ‘calling for revenge against Koran burners’ had been sent in the summer of 2023, following a slew of protests involving des

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Sweden says Iran was behind thousands of text messages to Swedes calling for revenge over 2023 Quran burnings.

Anti-Iran protests in Sweden have spiked in recent years, and the Islamic Republic is being blamed for instigating an international backlash.