{"id":348967,"date":"2026-10-25T08:01:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=348967"},"modified":"2026-10-25T08:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:01:26","slug":"spanish-prosecutors-put-irans-regime-at-the-center-of-vidal-quadras-assassination-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/spanish-prosecutors-put-irans-regime-at-the-center-of-vidal-quadras-assassination-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Prosecutors Put Iran\u2019s Regime at the Center of Vidal-Quadras Assassination Plot"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_337043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337043\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-337043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr.-alejo-vidal-quadras-brussels-rally-06092025.jpg\" alt=\"Former EU Parliament VP Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras addresses the 2025 Free Iran Rally in Brussels on September 6, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr.-alejo-vidal-quadras-brussels-rally-06092025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr.-alejo-vidal-quadras-brussels-rally-06092025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr.-alejo-vidal-quadras-brussels-rally-06092025-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr.-alejo-vidal-quadras-brussels-rally-06092025-745x420.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr.-alejo-vidal-quadras-brussels-rally-06092025-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dr.-alejo-vidal-quadras-brussels-rally-06092025-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former EU Parliament VP Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras addresses the 2025 Free Iran Rally in Brussels on September 6, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Three-minute read<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Spanish prosecutors have formally concluded that the clerical regime ruling Iran was behind the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/le-monde-unveils-iranian-connection-in-assassination-attempt-on-spanish-politician\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2023 attempt to assassinate<\/a> former European Parliament Vice President Alejo Vidal-Quadras in Madrid, marking the clearest judicial attribution yet in a case that has increasingly exposed Tehran\u2019s use of European criminal networks against opponents abroad.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In an indictment reported by major Spanish outlets on October 23, prosecutors requested prison terms of up to 27 years for seven defendants accused of participating in the November 9, 2023, attack, when a gunman shot Dr. Vidal-Quadras in the face near his Madrid home.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The significance lies less in the sentences requested than in how prosecutors now describe the operation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/efe.com\/espana\/2026-10-23\/atentado-vidal-quadras-penas-fiscalia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFE quoted<\/a> the prosecution as stating that Iran has been involved in covert operations to \u201cpersecute, intimidate and even assassinate opponents, dissidents and critical voices outside its borders.\u201d Prosecutors say the criminal group involved in the Dr. Vidal-Quadras attack operated from Iran.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">From an \u201cIranian Lead\u201d to a Prosecutorial Conclusion<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For nearly three years, Spanish investigators referred cautiously to the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">pista iran\u00ed<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014the \u201cIranian lead.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That formulation has now hardened.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">EL PA\u00cdS Traces Fugitive \u2018Pacho\u2019 Linked to Assassination Attempt on Vidal-Quadras to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yqmy1Fxnyy\">https:\/\/t.co\/Yqmy1Fxnyy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1958279763224871028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/espana\/2026-10-23\/la-fiscalia-concluye-que-iran-se-encuentra-tras-el-intento-de-asesinato-de-vidal-quadras-en-2023.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">El Pa\u00eds<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> reported that prosecutors place Iran behind the assassination attempt and consider it part of an international campaign against opponents of the clerical establishment. The paper noted that investigating judge Santiago Pedraz had already concluded that the attack was connected to Dr. Vidal-Quadras\u2019s role as a prominent European supporter of the Iranian opposition and particularly the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dr. Vidal-Quadras had played an important role in efforts to remove the MEK from European terrorist lists. Tehran subsequently placed him on a sanctions list in October 2022, accusing him of supporting terrorism.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Spanish prosecutors now regard that history as central to motive.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavanguardia.com\/politica\/20261023\/11666560\/fiscalia-concluye-detras-intento-asesinato-vidal-quadras-encuentra-iran.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">La Vanguardia<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> reported that the indictment specifically recalls Tehran\u2019s designation of Dr. Vidal-Quadras and links the shooting to his political support for the Iranian opposition.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A Warning Five Days After the Shooting<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One detail in the prosecution case is particularly striking.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Five days after Dr. Vidal-Quadras was shot, Iran\u2019s Fars News Agency published a warning to Spain concerning the MEK. According to <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">La Vanguardia<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, prosecutors interpret the message as connected to the assassination attempt.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spanish court says attempt on former politician&#39;s life linked to opposition to Iran leadership &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sYXs4Y3Z49\">https:\/\/t.co\/sYXs4Y3Z49<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Reuters Iran (@ReutersIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ReutersIran\/status\/1942977547492348099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The warning said Spain should avoid becoming part of an MEK \u201cscenario\u201d and that hosting or allowing the organization to operate on Spanish soil would have \u201cserious consequences.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The timing now forms part of the Spanish prosecution\u2019s reconstruction of the political context surrounding the attack.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The alleged operational structure was deliberately indirect. Prosecutors identify Sami Bekal Bounouare as the organizer who gave instructions for the assassination. He remains a fugitive. Spanish investigators believe he fled through Morocco, Qatar, Brazil, Colombia and Turkey before ultimately reaching Iran. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">El Pa\u00eds<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> reported in 2025 that investigators believe he has been sheltering there.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tehran\u2019s Criminal Proxies in Europe<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The case also fits a broader pattern increasingly examined by European security services: the Iranian regime outsourcing violence to criminal organizations rather than deploying identifiable state operatives.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The suspected gunman, Mehrez Ayari, has been linked by investigators to the Mocro Maffia, a loose network of organized-crime groups operating largely in the Netherlands and Belgium.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How Prof <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/VidalQuadras?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VidalQuadras<\/a> Landed on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Tehran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tehran<\/a>\u2019s Hit List<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wFUg91YS2P\">https:\/\/t.co\/wFUg91YS2P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1723751257599562229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/efe.com\/espana\/2024-06-19\/detenido-paises-bajos-autor-disparos-vidal-quadras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFE reported in 2024<\/a> that investigators considered the Mocro Maffia connection an important reinforcement of the Iranian hypothesis because Tehran had previously been accused of employing criminals associated with the network.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The case became still more significant when Ayari was arrested in the Netherlands while allegedly preparing another politically motivated killing. Dutch authorities were also investigating him over a suspected plot against an Iranian activist and journalist.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dutch intelligence subsequently went further. As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/efe.com\/espana\/2024-07-11\/aprobada-extradicion-holanda-mujer-vinculada-ataque-vidal-quadras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">El Pa\u00eds<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> reported in April 2025, the Netherlands\u2019 AIVD intelligence service identified the Dr. Vidal-Quadras attack as fitting Tehran\u2019s strategy of using criminal networks to silence opponents abroad.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That method provides obvious advantages: distance between the state and the trigger man, criminal intermediaries who can be discarded, and plausible deniability if an operation fails.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A Case Larger Than One Victim<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dr. Vidal-Quadras survived because he turned his head as the shot was fired and received immediate medical assistance.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The prosecution\u2019s latest filing, however, transforms the significance of his case.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VidalQuadras?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VidalQuadras<\/a>: Arrested Man Planned to Kill Me at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Regime\u2019s Behest<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QOMtTGQeK5\">https:\/\/t.co\/QOMtTGQeK5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1804190542391316690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What began in November 2023 as a shooting on a Madrid street is now being presented by Spanish prosecutors as one episode in a wider campaign extending beyond Spain\u2014one in which political targets are identified by Tehran, criminal intermediaries allegedly provide operational distance, and violence is outsourced across European borders.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eldiario.es\/politica\/fiscalia-pide-27-anos-prision-autor-material-atentado-vidal-quadras-operacion-encubierta-iran_1_13609598.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">elDiario.es<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> summarized the prosecution\u2019s position, the assassination attempt was part of \u201ca covert operation by Iran.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For European governments, that wording carries implications far beyond the seven defendants now awaiting trial.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-minute read&nbsp; Spanish prosecutors have formally concluded that the clerical regime ruling Iran was behind the 2023 attempt to assassinate former European Parliament Vice President Alejo Vidal-Quadras in Madrid, marking the clearest judicial attribution yet in a case that has increasingly exposed Tehran&rsquo;s use of European criminal networks against opponents abroad.&nbsp; In an indictment reported [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":337043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,19],"tags":[222,287],"class_list":["post-348967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran-resistance","category-terrorism-a-fundamentalism","tag-iranian-resistance","tag-iran-terrorism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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