INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- An Iranian diplomat who was recently released after spending close to five years in jail in Germany and Belgium on bogus
by Hossein Amir Abdollahian at a meeting with Assadollah Assadi on Saturday at the Foreign Ministry
diplomatic apparatus and the Judiciary did all in their power and took logical and categorical positions and steps
stressed.For his part, Assadi gave a succinct narrative of his imprisonment, first in a German and later a Belgian jail, and thanked the
Iranian authorities for their assiduous and successful efforts to secure his liberation.The freed diplomat said that the Iranian
legal affairs described his release as a major victory for Iran and a major setback and embarrassment for the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq
(MKO) terrorist group.The arrest and trial of Assadi, according to Mohammad Dehghan, was a flagrant violation of the fundamental rule of
jailed under the allegation that he gave the explosives to two persons in Belgium, according to Belgian officials, who said that the
the Iranian government vehemently denies.The diplomat, who was the third counselor at the Iranian embassy in Vienna, was subsequently given
ordeal and worked hard to get his release.After discussions between Amir Abdollahian and his Belgian counterpart, a deal was made to free
Assadi through the mediation of Oman.Assadi was released in late May.
