ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — An Iranian official has been convicted in Belgium of masterminding a thwarted bomb attack against an exiled Iranian opposition group in France in 2018 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. A Belgian court rejected Assadollah Assadi’s claim of diplomatic immunity. The Vienna-based diplomat refused to testify during his trial last year and he didn’t attend Thursday’s hearing at the Antwerp courthouse. Prosecutors had requested the maximum prison sentence of 20 years on charges of attempted terrorist murder and participation in the activities of a terrorist group. Three other suspects also received prison sentences.
