Iranian Arab separatists plead not guilty to terror charge in Denmark
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Jan van der Made with RFI
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Three leaders of an Iranian Arab separatist group pleaded not guilty to financing and promoting terrorism in Iran with Saudi Arabia’s backing, as their trial opened in Denmark on Thursday. It is the second case this year of suspected terrorism activities involving Iran with activists operating on European soil.
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Aged 39 to 50, the trio are members of the separatist organization ASMLA (Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz), which is based in Denmark and the Netherlands and which Iran considers a terrorist group.