{"id":228494,"date":"2020-10-25T20:19:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T20:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=228494"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:37:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:37:33","slug":"as-terrorism-trial-looms-the-world-should-heed-calls-for-more-assertive-iran-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/as-terrorism-trial-looms-the-world-should-heed-calls-for-more-assertive-iran-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"As Terrorism Trial Looms, the World Should Heed Calls for More Assertive Iran Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_228120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228120\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Assadollah_assadi_Iran_diplomat_terrorist_court_18102020\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Assadollah_assadi_Iran_diplomat_terrorist_court_18102020.jpg\" alt=\"The Iranian regime\u2019s diplomat terrorist Assadollah Assadi\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Assadollah_assadi_Iran_diplomat_terrorist_court_18102020.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Assadollah_assadi_Iran_diplomat_terrorist_court_18102020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Assadollah_assadi_Iran_diplomat_terrorist_court_18102020-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Assadollah_assadi_Iran_diplomat_terrorist_court_18102020-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Assadollah_assadi_Iran_diplomat_terrorist_court_18102020-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Assadollah_assadi_Iran_diplomat_terrorist_court_18102020-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Assadollah_assadi_Iran_diplomat_terrorist_court_18102020-746x420.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Iranian regime\u2019s diplomat terrorist Assadollah Assadi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Thursday, a politically diverse group of European and American lawmakers joined an online conference organized by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). While warning of the Iranian regime\u2019s terrorism, the participants of this event urged European government to put a comprehensive, multilateral pressure on the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<p>The general message is worthy of attention under any circumstances. The event focused on discussing the details and implications of the regime\u2019s foiled 2018 terror.<\/p>\n<p>Had it gone forward; the mullahs\u2019 plot would have involved detonating an explosive device at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCRI<\/a> annual \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/free-iran-gathering-paris-2018\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Iran<\/a>\u201d gathering in Paris. Its potential victims included not just lay over 100,000 participants but also NCRI\u2019s President-elect, Mrs. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a> and a wide range of international dignitaries, including many of the same high-profile dignitaries who took part in Thursday\u2019s conference.<\/p>\n<p>The theoretical death toll is highly significant in its own right. But it is made more so by the fact that the individual in charge of the plot was a high-ranking Iranian terrorist-diplomat, who was stationed at the regime\u2019s embassy in Vienna at the time of the rally just outside Paris. That terrorist-diplomat, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iranian-diplomat-and-three-accomplices-on-trial-for-planned-bombing-of-a-massive-rally-in-paris\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Assadollah Assadi<\/a>, hand-delivered the explosive material and detonator to two of his agents, while a third was infiltrating the target venue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, July 3, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_kyhYBQEiw5E\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkyhYBQEiw5E%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kyhYBQEiw5E\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M32S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-07-03T09:57:46Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_kyhYBQEiw5E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkyhYBQEiw5E%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, July 3, 2018<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kyhYBQEiw5E\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkyhYBQEiw5E%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, July 3, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, July 3, 2018 Four Arrested in Alleged Plot to Bomb Anti-Iran Gathering European security services arrested four people, including an Iranian diplomat, for allegedly planning to bomb an annual gathering of Iranian opposition groups outside Paris last Saturday. Asdollah Assadi, Iran\u2019s diplomat in Austria who ordered the terror attack, was arrested in Germany A terrorist diplomat of the clerical regime by the name of Asdollah Assadi, who was the main planner of the terrorist plot against the great gathering of Iranians in Paris, was arrested in Germany. The terrorist diplomat, who is the station chief of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) in Vienna, has been stationed in Austria since August 2014. The two arrested terrorists are Amir Sadoni and Nassim Nomeni and are residents of Antwerp. Rudy Giuliani Issued a Statement on the Iranian Regime Terrorist Plot against FreeIran2018 Rally July 2, 2018 - Following the Belgian law enforcement\u2019s announcement of having discovered a Tehran-backed terrorist ring aiming to target Iranian dissidents during the Free Iran Gathering, which took place in Paris on June 30, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, issued a statement, commending Belgian authorities for their efforts and condemning the Iranian regime for its sponsorship of terrorism across the globe. Giuliani was among the participants in the Free Iran Gathering, in which he delivered a speech in support of the Iranian people\u2019s uprising and the NCRI and PMOI\/MEK\u2019s efforts to establish democracy and freedom in Iran. Giuliani also met with Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the NCRI, and has been a long-time supporter of the Iranian Resistance. U.S. Softens Demand That Countries Stop All Iran Oil Imports The Trump administration is softening its earlier demand that countries like China, India and Turkey end all imports of Iranian oil by Nov. 4, as a top State Department official on Monday said the United States would allow reduced oil flows, in certain cases. \u201cWe are prepared to work with countries that are reducing their imports on a case-by-case basis,\u201d said Brian Hook, the department\u2019s director of policy and planning. His announcement was a delicate attempt at reassuring oil markets and allies that sanctions are not likely to hit them this fall \u2014 even if Iranian oil continues to flow around the world, as is likely the case. Protests to Water Salinity Spread To Other Cities Of Khuzestan Province In Iran Khorramshahr citizens came to the streets on Sunday, July 1, 2018, for the third consecutive day in protest to the water salinity crisis in the area. Following the uprisings, people in several other cities of Khuzestan province, including Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni, Abadan, Kut-e Abdollah and Ahvaz, also joined the protests and launched demonstrations. It has been reported that some protesters in the gatherings of Monday, July 2nd, in Ahvaz and Khorramshahr have been arrested. Shooting and Clashes by Iranian Agents with Protesting People Government forces clashed with protesting villagers in Zehuki on Monday afternoon, July 2, 2018, firing at them due to two barrels of gasoline inside a home in the Minab city, Hormozgan province, Iran. On Monday afternoon, government forces see two barrels of gasoline in a house in Zahuki village of Minab city in Hormozgan province and harass and attack the residents of the house. The people of the village came to help their fellow citizens and rushed their defense. However, the security forces, with the command of Iranian officials, immediately shoot at the protesting people with direct gunshots.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>In retrospect, Assadi\u2019s hands-on approach was little surprise, given that he had been identified as the \u201csenior most intelligence officer for Iran in Europe,\u201d according to John Sano, a former deputy director of the National Clandestine Service in the US. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1319266367032406016\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sano\u2019s speech<\/a> to the NCRI conference also noted that Assadi had \u201cpreviously spent a considerable amount of time in Iraq, targeting the MEK [and] targeting US military forces in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEK<\/a>, or People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, has long been recognized as the leading voice for democracy in Iran. When MEK\u2019s potential to lead the overthrow of the theocratic became more recognizable starting in late 2017, given the MEK\u2019s role as the driving force behind a nationwide uprising that featured explicit calls for regime change.<\/p>\n<p>That initial uprising became fractured under violent pressure from regime authorities, but it also sparked a series of localized protests that lasted for months afterwards. This in turn set the stage for an even more extensive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nationwide uprising<\/a> in November 2019, as Iranians from disparate backgrounds reacted with outrage to the announcement of gasoline price increases and renewed the earlier movement\u2019s anti-regime slogans.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was in response to the first uprising that top officials in the Iranian regime embraced the risks associated with planning a terrorist attack on Western soil. It was because of the MEK\u2019s leading role in that uprising that those authorities handed the task over to someone who had prior experience dealing with the main opposition movement. Since the regime\u2019s downfall, due to the people\u2019s uprising becomes clearer, and persists even today, the international community should be aware of the potential that exists for more terrorist plots along the same lines as the one that was foiled in June 2018.<\/p>\n<p>As a matter of fact, the mastermind of that plot made a deliberate effort to underscore that potential in the wake of his arrest. While being interrogated by Belgian authorities, Assadi highlighted the regime\u2019s terrorism in the broader Middle East and speculated that there were a number of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/threats-by-iran-regimes-imprisoned-diplomat-in-belgium-meant-to-obstruct-the-judicial-process\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">terrorist groups watching<\/a> his case and standing ready to launch new attacks on Western soil if they found that Brussels would not \u201csupport them\u201d by letting the defendant off.<\/p>\n<p>For participants in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/breaking-news-the-clerical-regime-in-iran-hanged-the-wrestler-navid-afkari\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thursday\u2019s conference<\/a>, this blackmail attempt was especially powerful evidence for conclusions they had already been promoting for years, not just regarding the Iranian regime but also regarding Western approaches to Iran policy. \u201cThe case reveals volumes about the nature of the Iranian theocracy,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1319272433367433216\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> former Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, adding, \u201cWe cannot wait any longer to implement a strategy of maximum pressure against this regime of assassins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That strategy stands in contrast to what many speakers, including Mrs. Rajavi, described as an historical tendency toward appeasement by Western policymakers. \u201cThe policy of appeasement has greatly emboldened the regime over the past 40 years,\u201d said Mrs. Rajavi before specifically pointing to Assadi\u2019s threats as a prime example of Iranian officials expressing an expectation of impunity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Maryam Rajavi: EU faces a historic test vs. terrorism under the banner of Islam\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_PI5i8U1izOU\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FPI5i8U1izOU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PI5i8U1izOU\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT5M45S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-10-22T12:42:39Z\" \/><\/div><meta itemprop=\"accessibilityFeature\" content=\"captions\" \/><div id=\"lyte_PI5i8U1izOU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FPI5i8U1izOU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Maryam Rajavi: EU faces a historic test vs. terrorism under the banner of Islam<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PI5i8U1izOU\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FPI5i8U1izOU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Maryam Rajavi: EU faces a historic test vs. terrorism under the banner of Islam\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Maryam Rajavi addressed a gathering in Belgium, on Thursday, October 22, 2020. She saluted parliamentarians and other participants in the gathering in a video message to the gathering. In part of her message, she said: 1. European countries must set aside all political considerations in this case. The regime\u2019s leaders must be prosecuted and they must face justice. This is a necessary and a preventive measure against terrorism under the name of Islam with the clerical regime as its central banker. 2. Khamenei and Rouhani took a great risk by sending a diplomat to carry out the bombing and slaughter. The reason is that they are extremely vulnerable in the face of the people\u2019s uprisings, the spread of the Resistance\u2019s influence, and the overthrow of their regime. 3. The policy of appeasement has greatly emboldened the regime over the past 40 years. To the extent that their diplomat, who is arrested, makes threats of more terrorist operations even from inside prison.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Assadi\u2019s trial is currently scheduled for November 27, and the verdict and sentence are expected to be announced only days afterward.<\/p>\n<p>John Sano declared that a guilty verdict seem inevitable, but he also joined his fellow speakers in emphasizing that legal punishment for the lone terrorist diplomat would not be enough. \u201cThere should be international outrage and a more comprehensive plan to mitigate and eradicate the [Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security],\u201d he said, noting that the MOIS has been officially designated as a foreign terrorist organization in the United States and ought to be subject to similar designation by the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Joseph, a former undersecretary for arms control and international security in the US State Department, was among those who used Thursday\u2019s conference to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1319276550328446978\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">argue<\/a> that it is futile to pursue any sort of productive relationship with the current Iranian regime, especially in the wake of the 2018 terror plot. According to him, that plot offers a number of lessons about the nature of the regime, including the fact that it readily resorts to \u201cacts of mass murder\u201d and that it is currently doing so as a result of \u201cfundamental desperation\u201d in the face of escalating domestic unrest.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Joseph underlined that the domestic unrest should be accompanied by much greater pressure on the regime from abroad. Specifically, he said, this pressure should emerge from recognition that the Iranian regime is \u201cnot a regime with whom we can do business, that it is \u201cnot going to become more moderate or become a responsible stakeholder that respects the norms of a rule-based international,\u201d and that it has \u201clost all legitimacy with its own people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All of these conclusions are evident from the Assadi case and its surrounding context. And Thursday\u2019s conference and its participants concluded this should lead to consequences not just for the perpetrators of the 2018 terror attack, but also for the entire system that brought those plans into being and that treats terrorism as a form of statecraft.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ro\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran Regime\u2019s Terrorism in Europe<br \/>EU Obligations <br \/>October 22, 2020<br \/>14:30 PM CEST<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ExpelIranDiplomatTerrorists?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ExpelIranDiplomatTerrorists<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisbandIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DisbandIRGC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rPmjorHq7p\">https:\/\/t.co\/rPmjorHq7p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1318228858638897159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, a politically diverse group of European and American lawmakers joined an online conference organized by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). 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