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NCRI FAC member Farzin Hashemi: “The #Brussels-#Tehran deal is cloaked with the benign intention of justice and humanity but this treaty has only one objective: facilitating the release of the notorious terror master, Assadollah Assadi.” 1/
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“The investigation established that this was a state work, decided at the highest levels in #Tehran. Assadi stressed that the bomb should be placed as close as possible to Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI President-elect who was the primary target of the plot.” 2/
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"It is very telling that one of the key issues of discussion between Ms. Sophie Wilmes, the former #Belgian Foreign Minister and her #Iranian counterpart on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Feb 19 was the case of Assadi." 3/
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"The #Belgian Prime Minister in a phone conversation with Iranian regime President #EbrahimRaisi on May 11 expressed hope for strengthening and expanding relations between the two countries." 4/
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"Just last night the #Iranian state TV channel reported that based on this resolution, the Iranian diplomat Assadi who faced a fabricated case, made up by the #MEK in the #Belgian court might be freed." 5/
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"There is no #humanitarian issue here. We are not only dealing with a dirty deal but also a dirty trick of packaging this deal with treaties with India and the UAE." 6/
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"Although, they talk about a similar “treaty” with the #Iranian regime, even the wording of this agreement is different than the ones with the other countries. This treaty is tailor-made for #AsadollahAssadi. Period!" 7/
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"This “treaty” only gives a green light to the regime in #Tehran to continue to take foreign nationals or dual citizens #hostage to be used later as bargaining chips." 8/
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"The message to the Iranian regime is very clear: You can engage in mass terror in #Europe by using your “diplomats” and “embassies,” but thanks to this Treaty, if made law, #Belgium will return the terrorists to #Iran." 9/
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"This treaty makes a mockery of #Belgian’s Judiciary and disparages the great and meticulous work done by this country’s security services. It is imperative that the #Belgium parliament reject this agreement." 10/
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"If this legislation is approved, no one in #Europe will be safe and immune from the murderers ruling #Iran. Making a deal over their lives and hundreds and thousands of others at risk in the gathering is an indelible stain. The #Belgian parliament must stop this travesty." 11/

Lawyer Georges Henri Beauthier: "These people were convicted and belonged to a #terrorist organization. The world knows that there would have been tens of thousands of dead from the explosion that they planned. " 12/
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"A letter from February 2, 2021, insured that there would be no discussions with the #Iranian government about the #terrorists. And now, one year later, they are preparing to free them." 13/
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Lawyer Georges Henri Beauthier: "What will the federal prosecutor say, who spent four years to gather evidence to show these were indeed #terrorists?" 14/
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Lawyer Rik Vanreusel: "During the last four years, we had a #legal fight, not only against the defense team of four terrorists but also against the constant threats from the #Iranian regime." 15/
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"It is very disappointing today that our country is going to give in, after albeit, via some behind the scenes treaty, which is going to release #AsadollahAssadi. Based on Article 13 of the Treaty, he will also be able to enjoy clemency." 16/
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"This treaty is not providing the slightest guarantee to our country that this man and this #terrorist state is not going to stand at #Europe’s door tomorrow." 17/
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"We dodged the first bomb attack but what are we going to say the next time when there are victims at the behest of this regime? And there are a lot of them already." 18/
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"With this treaty, we’re going to perpetuate a solid policy toward #Iran where innocent citizens become hostages and then we have to wait until we can exchange them either with money or secret agents and convicted terrorists and then set them free to #Tehran’s spy network.# 19/