{"id":251236,"date":"2021-11-22T17:42:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T22:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=251236"},"modified":"2023-02-02T18:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T17:24:28","slug":"iranian-terrorists-appeal-likely-fails-but-subsequent-western-action-is-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iranian-terrorists-appeal-likely-fails-but-subsequent-western-action-is-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Terrorists\u2019 Appeal Likely Fails, but Subsequent Western Action Is Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Wednesday, a court in Belgium heard\u00a0the appeal<\/a> filed by lawyers for three Iranian\u00a0operatives\u00a0who were convicted early this year of participating in a plot to commit terrorist murder. There is little doubt that their guilty verdict will remain intact, especially considering that the mastermind of that plot seemingly acknowledged his guilt by declining to appeal and by eschewing a genuine legal defense in favor of simply demanding that he be given immunity from prosecution on account of his former status as a diplomat working out of the Iranian embassy in Vienna.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However secure the guilty verdict might be, the conclusion of this appeal must not become the conclusion of this case in its entirety. The international community should regard the appeal as an opportunity to follow up on the underlying threats of the Iranian regime\u2019s terrorism, as they failed to follow up in the wake of the initial prosecution.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The regime\u2019s diplomat-terrorist,\u00a0Assadollah\u00a0Assadi<\/a>, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. His arrest had exposed the existence of vast Iranian terrorist networks inside Europe, which have yet to be dismantled. Documents obtained from Assadi\u2019s vehicle showed that he had met with operatives across at least 11 countries over a period of about four years, often paying them in cash for services unknown.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Iranian regime\u00a0has a long history of terrorist activities spanning the globe\u00a0including\u00a0a series of targeted assassinations<\/a> of opposition activists.\u00a0\u00a0In other cases, existing information is fairly\u00a0complete\u00a0but no action has been taken as known perpetrators of terrorist incidents have remained protected inside\u00a0Iran.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In August, one such individual who is implicated in\u00a0a\u00a0Jewish\u00a0center\u00a0bombing\u00a0in\u00a0Argentina\u00a0in 1994\u00a0killing 85 and injuring 200, Ahmad Vahidi<\/a>, was appointed as the\u00a0regime\u2019s\u00a0Interior Minister.\u00a0<\/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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