German court sentences two for plotting to kill leader of German Jewish community for Iran
The court said the men were recruited by Iran’s intelligence service and spied on Jewish targets before the planned attacks.
- On Thursday, a Hamburg court sentenced two men to prison for plotting attacks and spying on behalf of Iranian secret services. Both were convicted of espionage and attempted murder.
- Danish national Ali Hassan S. received eight-and-a-half years for plotting deadly attacks, while his Afghan accomplice, Tawab M., was sentenced to four-and-a-half years as the secondary defendant.
- Prosecutors reported the men took orders from the Quds Force, the foreign operations branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in early 2025 to target German-Israeli society figures including Volker Beck and Josef Schuster.
- Judge Petra Wende-Spors identified the crimes as 'terrorist activities orchestrated by Iran,' while Volker Beck, president of the German-Israeli society, called the verdict 'a wake-up call for German security policy.'
- The Iranian embassy in Berlin previously rejected the charges as 'unfounded allegations made at the behest of Iran's enemies,' and Germany summoned Iran's ambassador last year following the initial arrest.
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German court sentences two for plotting to kill leader of German Jewish community for Iran
A Hamburg court ruled that Iranian intelligence recruited a man to carry out state-sponsored terrorism in Germany, sentencing him to eight and a half years in prison.
German court sentences two for plotting to kill leader of German Jewish community for Iran
FRANKFURT, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A German court on Thursday handed two men prison sentences of up to 8-1/2 years for planning to kill the leader of a Jewish organisation in Germany, saying one man had been steered by Iran's intelligence service. One man...
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