{"id":29677,"date":"2021-11-29T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=29677"},"modified":"2021-11-29T09:00:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T08:00:47","slug":"iranian-regime-terrorists-appeals-awaiting-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/11\/iranian-regime-terrorists-appeals-awaiting-verdict\/29677\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Regime Terrorists Appeals Awaiting Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Three — ^{Three accomplices of Assadollah Asadi, a terrorist diplomat of the Iranian regime, who have been convicted of bombing an Iranian resistance gathering in 2018, are awaiting the decision of the Court of Appeals in Antwerp.<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn an attempt to escape accountability for the plot to bomb the Iranian Resistance rally<\/a> in France in 2018, three of the four co-conspirators set out to appeal their convictions last week at a court in Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iranian\/Belgian Dual Citizenship holders Amir Saadouni, Nasimeh Naami and Mehrdad Arefani <\/a>were each sentenced to between 15 and 20 years in prison for their roles in the plot to detonate a deadly triacetone triperoxide (TATP) bomb at the rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colonel (Retired) Wes Martin wrote<\/a> on the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>) website, \u201cTheir defenses are basically built around claims of not knowing what they were carrying when passing through the Belgian security checkpoint on their way into France.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, their claims are far from the truth. They were working for the Iranian regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS<\/a>) and were provided a package including all of the bomb components by the mastermind of the plot. They were also instructed where to take it, how to put the components together, and how to covertly transfer it to the detonation location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the three men are awaiting the outcome of their appeals, they are also challenging the decision to revoke the European portion of their dual citizenship as they fear being sent back to Iran. Especially as the regime is known to not deal too kindly with former agents who failed their missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fourth co-conspirator of the bomb plot, who is in fact the mastermind behind the failed terrorist operation, is Assadollah Assadi<\/a>. He chose not to appeal his conviction, instead hoping that his former diplomatic status as the third-ranking member and security chief of the Iranian Embassy in Austria would save him from facing the consequences of his actions. He was the one who transported the explosives from Tehran within his diplomatic pouch to bypass security checks, and then once in Europe he delivered the device to his agents and issued their orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIranian #Terrorists<\/a>\u2019 Legal Appeal is an Opportunity to Demand Broader Accountability
Three Iranian-Belgians were given jail terms of 15 to 18 years while the plot\u2019s mastermind, #Iran<\/a> regime's diplomat Assadollah Assadi, received 20 yrs, earlier this year.https:\/\/t.co\/DcmAXOTQ3b<\/a><\/p>\u2014 NCRI-U.S. Rep Office (@NCRIUS) November 17, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>}