Austria Calls on Iran to Lift Immunity of Detained Diplomat
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Austria asked Tehran Tuesday to lift the immunity of an Iranian diplomat suspected of involvement in an alleged plot to bomb a rally by an exiled Iranian opposition group in France.
The diplomat, who is based at the embassy in Vienna, was detained in Germany on Saturday.
Vienna delivered the request to "lift the immunity of the Iranian diplomat" to Iran's ambassador to Austria, who was summoned to the foreign ministry after news of the alleged plot emerged on Monday, a ministry spokesman said.
Austria also informed Iran on Tuesday that the diplomat would be "deprived of his diplomatic status within 48 hours because of the existence of a European arrest warrant" against him, said the spokesman, Matthias Forenbacher.
The diplomat was one of six people arrested in Belgium, France and Germany over the alleged plot.
The apparent foiled attack was to have targeted a meeting of thousands of Iranian opposition supporters in a northern suburb of the French capital that was also attended by leading US figures, including close allies of President Donald Trump.
Federal prosecutors in Brussels first revealed the arrests, charging a husband and wife they described as Belgian nationals "of Iranian origin".
They said the Iranian diplomat in Vienna was believed to be a contact of the couple.
The arrests were revealed on the day Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Switzerland on a visit that Tehran said was of "crucial importance" for cooperation between the Islamic Republic and Europe after the US withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear agreement.
Rouhani is also due to visit Austria, which currently holds the six-month presidency of the European Union.
Iran's foreign minister dismissed the attack plot as a "false flag ploy" designed to overshadow Rouhani's tour.
"How convenient: Just as we embark on a presidential visit to Europe, an alleged Iranian operation and its 'plotters' arrested," Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted.
03 July 2018, 13:28
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Expel this iranian terrorist hiding behind diplomatic immunity. Every iranian embassy around the world is a nest of terrorism and money laundering.
Hashem Al Salman is one such victim of the so called iranian embassies!
03 July 2018, 13:40
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The free world has just had about enough of these Houthians and their terror tactics. As a young, beautiful and educated Lebanese woman I call on the international community to pursue this Houthian and hand him the punishment that he so well deserves. Janna, Firdous, Gigi and I will be lodging a complaint with the UN and will be summoning the Iranian Ambassador to our Rabieh apartment for further action.
03 July 2018, 13:46
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Saudi Arabia is a monarchy and terrorist sponsor. Israel is a fake state, America controls the world with money.
03 July 2018, 13:58
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إيران تتهم إسرائيل بـ”سرقة الغيوم”
أشار رئيس جهاز الدفاع المدني الإيراني، الجنرال غلام رضا جلالي، الى أن إسرائيل تتلاعب بالطقس وتقف وراء الجفاف الذي يضرب إيران بسبب سرقتها للغيوم الإيرانية.
وأضاف جلالي، في تصريحات نقلتها صحيفة “ديلي ميل” البريطانية، أمس الاثنين، أن المناخ المتغير في إيران تحوم حوله الشبهات، مؤكدًا أن “التدخل الأجنبي يلعب دورًا في تغير المناخ”.
وأكد أن “إسرائيل وبلدا آخر في المنطقة (لم يسمه)، لديهما فرق مشتركة تعمل على توجيه الغيوم، التي تدخل الأجواء الإيرانية بحيث تكون غير محملة بالأمطار”.
واستند جلالي في تصريحاته إلى مسح أظهر أن جميع المناطق الجبلية الواقعة بين أفغانستان والبحر المتوسط تغطيها الثلوج باستثناء الجبال الواقعة في إيران.
https://www.lebanese-forces.com/2018/07/03/stealing_clouds/
03 July 2018, 14:40
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That's right and I also heard that the Israelis are stealing Iranian clouds and manipulating the weather so they can use the best quality concentrated Iranian rain those clouds contain to flood all the sewers under Dahieh. The reason for the Israelis wanting to flood the sewers under Dahieh is still unknown but it's sneaky for sure.
