Iran has rejected accusations that it was involved in a plot to kill leaders of German Jewish groups, after a Hamburg court convicted two men of planning the attacks at Tehran's behest.
01Summary
- 01Iran summoned Germany's ambassador Axel Dittmann after a Hamburg court found a Danish and an Afghan national guilty of plotting to kill Josef Schuster and Volker Beck.
- 02The Danish man, Ali Hassan S, was jailed for eight-and-a-half years; the Afghan accomplice received four-and-a-half years.
- 03The court said Iran's intelligence service steered the two men, who were arrested in Denmark last year and extradited.
- 04Germany summoned Iran's ambassador Majid Nili Ahmadabadi on Monday over the allegations, which Tehran called 'baseless political claims'.
- 05The German Foreign Ministry said the 'malicious assassination attempts will have legal consequences' and that Tehran would not be allowed to threaten German society.
02Why it matters
This matters because it underscores ongoing tensions between Iran and Western nations over alleged state-sponsored terrorism on European soil, and it highlights Germany's determination to protect Jewish community leaders from foreign threats.
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