8 hours agoBelgium sentenced to 20 years in prison Iranian diplomat planning an attack on France
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)An Iranian diplomat, accused of planning the bomb attack at a meeting of an opposition group in Exill, was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison in Belgium. This is the first case for European Union terrorism against an Iranian official since the 1979 revolution in the Islamic Republic. Belgian lawyers [...]
Belgian lawyers and civil parties in this case said the diplomat living in Vienna was convicted of attempting to commit the terrorist act after planning to detonate the bomb at a rally of Iran's National Resistance Council near Paris in June 2018. However, his plan had been discovered and prevented by police from police in Germany, France and Belgium.
The decision shows two things: a diplomat does not have immunity for criminal acts ... and the Iranian state's responsibility in what could be massacre”, prosecutorial lawyer Georges-Henri Beauthier said before reporters.
Journalists or the public were not allowed in the hall where the sessions were held. The court building that made the decision for the Iranian diplomat was under strict security, guarded by police and armoured vehicles, while helicopters flew over it.
In this process three more Iranians were convicted of their role in planning the attack. The sentences for them were 15, 17 and 18 years in prison, Reuters writes.
