Belgian court sentences Iranian diplomat to 20 years over bomb plot

Assadollah Assadi supplied explosives for intended attack on Iranian opposition rally in France in 2018

An Iranian diplomat who masterminded a failed bomb attack at a rally outside Paris attended by five British MPs has been sentenced to 20 years in jail by a Belgian court for attempted murder and involvement in terrorism.

Assadollah Assadi, 49, had been attached to the Iranian mission in Vienna when he supplied explosives for the intended atrocity at an Iranian opposition rally in France in 2018.