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THREAD: In a double first, an Iranian official has been convicted of terrorism on European soil by a European court: #Iran diplomat #Assadollah_Assadi sentenced to 20 years in prison by Antwerp court for plotting thwarted bombing of opposition rally in Paris in 2018: /1 
Assadi was convicted of attempted terrorist murder and participation in the activities of a terrorist group. The court rejected his claim of diplomatic immunity, noting that per Belgian/EU law, he was arrested outside his country of mission and not covered by Vienna Convention/2
Nasimeh Naami and Amir Saadouni who Assadi handed the bomb to in a Pizza Hut in Luxembourg, have been sentenced to 18 years and 15 years respectively. /3
