German court sentences two for plotting to kill leader of German Jewish community for Iran
One defendant was recruited by Iran’s Quds Force and the pair were convicted of espionage and attempted murder, judges said.
- 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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In connection with alleged attack plans on behalf of Iran, the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg sentenced two men to imprisonment.
The Hamburg Regional High Court imposed eight and a half years of imprisonment on Ali Hassan S., a Danish citizen, and four and a half years on his Afghan accomplice, Tawab M. Both were found guilty of espionage in the service of Iran and of involvement in murder and serious arson.
Justice has imposed prison sentences of up to eight and a half years for spying on Jewish targets and planning attacks on a kosher supermarket and a former German politician
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