On 27 November 2020, Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi and three other Iranian citizens were tried in Belgium,[1][2][3] charged with plotting to bomb a 2018 rally of National Council of Resistance of Iran, a political wing of the exiled Iranian political party People's Mujahedin of Iran in France.[4] The trial established that Assadi had smuggled explosives from Iran and was acting on instructions of high-ranking Iranian officials.[5][6][7] The charges included "attempted terrorist murder and participation in the activities of a terrorist group."[5] This is the first trial where a EU country charged an Iranian official for terrorism.[8]
On February 4, 2021, Assadi was sentenced to 20 years in jail for “attempted murder and involvement in terrorism.”[9] Nassimeh Naami was sentenced to 18 years, Amir Saadouni to 15 years, and Mehrdad Arefani to 17 years.[10]
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