{"id":21063,"date":"2021-02-11T09:13:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T08:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=21063"},"modified":"2021-02-11T09:27:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T08:27:15","slug":"ambassador-joseph-on-assadi-terrorism-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/02\/ambassador-joseph-on-assadi-terrorism-conviction\/21063\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Joseph on Assadi Terrorism Conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Belgian court convicted<\/a>\u00a0Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi<\/a> and three co-conspirators on Thursday of trying to blow up the 2018 Free Iran rally\u00a0in France, sentencing them to a total of 70 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assadi, who organized the plot, was sentenced to 20 years, after the court found that he had abused his diplomatic status to smuggle in the bomb and drive it across to his accomplices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an online conference <\/a>shortly after the verdict, the former US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ambassador Robert Joseph said<\/a> that it was time for the West to \u201cact decisively, knowing that further concessions to the regime will only bring more injustice to the Iranian people and more criminal and terrorist acts\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WATCH as Amb. Robert Joseph examines the implications of the Feb 4 Belgian conviction of #Iran<\/a> regime\u2019s diplomat Assadollah Assadi who masterminded the foiled bombing attack on the Resistance\u2019s 2018 summit in Paris &Tehran\u2019s FM\u2019s role. #Time4FirmIranPolicy<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/8ZQcfPHx6T<\/a><\/p>\u2014 NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) February 4, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>