Mike Brest, Defense Reporter, Originally Published on Washington Examiner, July 12, 2022 Protesters in Washington, D.C., are hoping to sway the Belgian government into rejecting a bill that, if passed, would facilitate the transfer of a former Iranian diplomat serving a 20-year sentence for plotting a bombing back to Iran. …
Protesters demand Belgium nix prisoner swap returning attempted bomber to Iran Read More
By Bruce McColm, Originally Published in The Hill, July 11, 2022 This week, the Belgian parliament will be voting on a bill that paves the way for the repatriation of a convicted and imprisoned Iranian terrorist. Assadollah Assadi and three of his associates were arrested in 2018 …
Belgium’s Shameful Treaty with Iran Opens the Path to More Terrorism in Europe Read More
The Bill supporting terrorism and betraying democracy and human rights was ratified by the Belgian Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee with 10 votes in favor by the government coalition, one abstention, and five votes against. It paved the way for its referral to the Parliament’s plenary …
Kenn Blackwell, Originally Published in The Hill, July 7, 2022 The full Belgian parliament is expected to soon vote on a treaty that was signed in March between the governments of Belgium and Iran. The Foreign Relations Committee of Belgium’s lower house approved the measure …
Belgian Lawmakers Set to Offer Immunity to Iranian Terrorist Read More
By Joseph Clark – Originally Published in The Washington Times – Wednesday, July 6, 2022 Belgian lawmakers have paved the way for final approval of a prisoner swap treaty with Iran that opponents fear will lead to the release of an Iranian diplomat convicted last year on …
Belgium inches toward final approval of prisoner swap treaty with Iran Read More
The pending treaty with Iran will make Belgium a “sanctuary country” for terrorist sleeper cell operations By Wes Martin, Originally Published on National Interests Website The “Treaty Between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Islamic Republic of Iran on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons” will …
Belgium’s Parliament Must Reject the Iran Transfer Treaty Read More
Opponents of the treaty argue it will exacerbate Iran’s hostage-taking practices Originally Published on Fox News, July 6, 2022 Belgium’s parliament on Wednesday voted to pass through committee a treaty with Iran that would swap prisoners in a controversial exchange that some fear will set a dangerous …
Belgium treaty vote could set Iranian terrorist free Read More
By Mohammad Sadat Khansari, Originally published in NCR-Iran.org, 17th November 2021 A court in Antwerp, Belgium will be considering an appeal on Wednesday for three individuals who were convicted in February for their role in a terrorist plot ordered by the Iranian regime. The Iranian-Belgian dual nationals were each …
Iranian Terrorists’ Legal Appeal is an Opportunity to Demand Broader Accountability Read More
BEHIND THE IRAN HEADLINES Series, May 5, 2021 Alireza Jafarzadeh, NCRI-US Deputy Director: Today, the clerical regime withdrew the appeal against a Belgian high court’s conviction of its top Vienna-based diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, for the plot to bomb the Iranian Resistance’s 2018 Paris summit. Fearing a …
Terrorism Conviction of Zarif’s Top Diplomat Upheld Read More
NCRI-US Staff, Thursday, April 8, 2021 Commenting on the talks over the Iranian regime’s nuclear program in Vienna, Mohammad Mohaddessin, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said the following: The Iranian Resistance welcomes any efforts to prevent the …
NCRI’s FAC Chairman: Making Concessions Will Not Moderate Tehran’s Behavior Read More