{"id":267620,"date":"2022-12-09T17:15:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T16:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=267620"},"modified":"2023-02-07T18:41:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T17:41:37","slug":"belgian-constitutional-court-suspends-extradition-of-iran-diplomat-terrorist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/belgian-constitutional-court-suspends-extradition-of-iran-diplomat-terrorist\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgian Constitutional Court Suspends Extradition of Iran Diplomat-Terrorist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Constitutional-Court-Belgium-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-267623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Constitutional-Court-Belgium-1.jpg\" alt=\"Constitutional-Court-Belgium-1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Constitutional-Court-Belgium-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Constitutional-Court-Belgium-1-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Constitutional-Court-Belgium-1-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Constitutional-Court-Belgium-1-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Constitutional-Court-Belgium-1-696x408.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In an unprecedented ruling on December 8, the Constitutional Court of Belgium suspended the extradition of Iran\u2019s incarcerated diplomat-terrorist, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/belgium-court-assadollah-assadi-iran-prisoner-swap-treaty\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Assadollah Assadi<\/a>. This order comes following a successful legal campaign by the Iranian Resistance and prominent politicians challenging a prisoner-swap deal between Tehran and Brussels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe Court suspends Article 5 of the law of 30 July 2022 granting assent to the treaty of 11 March 2022, insofar as this treaty allows for the transfer to Iran of an Iranian who was convicted in Belgium for having committed a terrorist offense with the support of Iran. The Court rules on the action for annulment within three months,\u201d the ruling reads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Arrested in 2018 following his attempt to bomb the annual <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/free-iran-gathering-paris-2018\/\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cFree Iran\u201d<\/a> of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in 2018, Assadi was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2020 on charges of terrorism. He was the first career diplomat arrested in Europe in the last century. During his trial, it was revealed that prior to his arrest, Assadi managed the Iranian regime\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/vrtnws\/en\/2021\/02\/02\/iranian-terror-suspect-is-belgian-jail-is-top-spy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">network of terrorism<\/a> and espionage in Europe under the pretext of being the third counselor of Iran\u2019s embassy in Vienna.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The plaintiffs of this case as well as the initial case against Asadollah Assadi include the NCRI, its president-elect <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, which was the primary target of the 2018 foiled bombing, as well as several renowned American and European politicians.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VidalQuadras?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VidalQuadras<\/a>: It is not by accident that the regime has arrested Belgian, French &amp; German citizens recently. They want to stock their hostages. We must have a firm policy against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> to put an end to this inhuman policy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k4lWTBdEVZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/k4lWTBdEVZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1568607689046884354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-farzin-hashemis-remarks-on-belgian-courts-conviction-of-assdollah-assadi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran: Farzin Hashemi\u2019s Remarks on Belgian Court\u2019s Conviction of Assdollah Assadi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/an-overview-of-irans-history-of-hostage-taking-and-how-western-appeasement-has-fueled-tehrans-terrorism\/\" rel=\"noopener\">An Overview of Iran\u2019s History of Hostage-Taking and how Western Appeasement has Fueled Tehran\u2019s Terrorism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In March 2022, the Iranian regime and the Belgian government signed a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/21\/world\/europe\/belgium-iran-prisoner-exchange-treaty.html\" rel=\"noopener\">prisoner-swap deal<\/a>, paving the way for Assadi\u2019s release. Cloaked in benign humanitarian intentions, this treaty would not only allow Assadi to return to Iran but let Tehran pardon Assadi and revoke its sentencing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Thursday\u2019s ruling also underlines that according to article 2 of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.echr.coe.int\/documents\/convention_eng.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">European Convention on Human Rights<\/a>, \u201cThe law of assent would violate the right to life of the victims insofar as it authorizes the Belgian Government to transfer to Iran a person convicted in Belgium of an attempted terrorist attack on the lives of others, with the support of Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the European Convention on Human Rights, \u201cEach State must take appropriate steps to safeguard the life of persons. This includes the obligation to enforce final judicial decisions that are made in the context of the respect for the right to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The ruling on December 8, once again, ratified that Assadi was \u201cacting as an agent of the Iranian intelligence and security services,\u201d and therefore, \u201cIran will not effectively execute this sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The court also referred to the Belgium Minister of Judiciary\u2019s declaration acknowledging that even if Assadi returns to Iran, the regime \u201cresorts to reprehensible practices (abductions, illegal detentions, and terrorist acts) and that it has exerted pressure on Belgium since the arrest of A. Assadi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following Thursday\u2019s ruling, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a> sent a message welcoming this decision and added, \u201cI congratulate this victory, esp. to the victims of terrorism, which is the outcome of our compatriots\u2019 efforts since July. It is a step toward the international prosecution of Khamenei, Raisi, and others responsible for terrorism, executions, and massacres inside Iran and abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I congratulate this victory, esp. to the victims of terrorism, which is the outcome of our compatriots\u2019 efforts since July. It is a step toward the int\u2019l prosecution of Khamenei, Raisi, and others responsible for terrorism, executions, and massacres inside <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1600879384193159168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2022<\/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>In an unprecedented ruling on December 8, the Constitutional Court of Belgium suspended the extradition of Iran&rsquo;s incarcerated diplomat-terrorist, Assadollah Assadi. 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