{"id":239173,"date":"2021-05-05T13:25:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T18:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=239173"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:56:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:56:48","slug":"lack-of-appeal-in-irans-regime-terror-case-and-proof-of-state-sponsored-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/lack-of-appeal-in-irans-regime-terror-case-and-proof-of-state-sponsored-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Lack of Appeal in Iran\u2019s Regime Terror Case and Proof of State-Sponsored Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iranian diplomat-terrorist Aassadolah Assadi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was reported\u00a0<\/span>on Wednesday<\/span> that the\u00a0<\/span>Iran regime\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0diplomat-terrorist\u00a0Assadollah\u00a0Assadi<\/a> would not be pursuing an appeal to the conviction<\/a> that was handed down in February at the conclusion of a Belgian court case stemming from a 2018 bomb plot. On July 1 of that year, Assadi was arrested in Germany after being identified as the plot’s mastermind to set off explosives at a gathering of <\/span>the Iranian Resistance<\/span>\u00a0and outside of Paris. Following a two-year investigation and roughly two months of legal proceedings, the former third counsellor at the\u00a0<\/span>regime\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0embassy in Vienna was sentenced to 20 years in prison on the charge of plotting to commit terrorist murder. Three co-conspirators received sentences ranging from 15 to 18 years.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In declining his appeal,\u00a0<\/span>the regime\u00a0<\/span>is effectively acknowledging his guilt. But\u00a0<\/span>t<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span>regime\u00a0<\/span>may also be hoping to avoid any increase in international attention to his case<\/span>\u00a0and the regime\u2019s terrorism in general<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>This hope is certainly shared by the former diplomat\u2019s handlers in Tehran, who loudly protested his prosecution and insisted upon unfettered immunity, but ultimately did not dispute the facts of the case.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Iran's diplomat & the largest terror plot in Europe. What was Assadollah Assadi's role<\/div><\/div>
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