Iran envoy found guilty of France bomb plot drops appeal
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Case marked first time an Iranian official had been tried for ‘suspected terrorism’ in Europe since 1979 revolution.
An Iranian diplomat sentenced to 20 years in prison for planning a bomb attack in France has dropped an appeal in Belgium and will serve his sentence, his representative said on Wednesday. Belgian authorities have said they will oppose any potential swap deal with Western prisoners in Iran, lawyers said. Assadolah Assadi was found guilty of “attempted terrorism” in February after a foiled plot to bomb a 2018 rally of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a French-based dissident group.More Related News