Release of Iranian diplomat ‘big defeat’ for MKO: Official
Iran’s vice president for legal affairs described the release of an Iranian diplomat from a Belgian prison as an important success for Iran and “a big defeat and disgrace” for the anti-Iran Mujahedeen Khalq (MKO) terrorist organization.
Mohammad Dehghan said on Saturday that the detention and trial of Assadollah Assadi, a former Iranian diplomat, was a blatant violation of the basic principle of diplomatic immunity, IRNA reported.
He maintained that Assadi’s release showed the Islamic Republic’s determination to safeguard the rights of Iranian nationals all over the world.
Assadollah Assadi, a former Iranian diplomat imprisoned in Belgium on false charges, returned home after five years on Friday.
Belgian police arrested Assadi in June 2018, accusing him of plotting an attack against the MKO terrorist organization, a claim that has been strongly rejected by the former diplomat and Iranian authorities.
According to an informed source, the Belgian government repeatedly gave the cold shoulder to the ringleader of the MKO, who had asked Brussels to refrain from releasing Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi.
However, Maryam Rajavi, the notorious ringleader of the MKO terrorist cult, had made every effort to obstruct the release of Assadi, Tasnim news agency wrote.