BRUSSELS An Iranian diplomat's 20-year sentence in Belgium for plotting to bomb an opposition rally outside Paris was confirmed on Wednesday after he failed to appeal, his lawyer and prosecutors said.Assadollah Assadi, 49, was convicted in February by an Antwerp court of supplying explosives for the planned June 30, 2018 attack on the exiled opposition group the National
Iran envoy drops appeal, will serve jail term in Belgium
People wave former flags of Iran and hold portraits as they protest outside the Antwerp courthouse, on 4 February 2021, during the trial of four suspects including an Iranian diplomat accused of taking part in a plot to bomb an opposition rally in France. [JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images] May 6, 2021 at 11:42 am
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,
Reuters reported his representative saying yesterday.
Belgian authorities have said they will oppose any potential swap deal with Western prisoners, lawyers said.
A defense lawyer says an Iranian diplomat convicted of masterminding a thwarted bomb attack against an exiled Iranian opposition group in France has decided against appealing the verdict
BRUSSELS - An Iranian diplomat convicted of masterminding a thwarted bomb attack against an exiled Iranian opposition group in France has decided against appealing the verdict, his lawyer and a Belgian court said Wednesday.