Iran Implicated in German Synagogue Attack Plot
Diplomatic tensions rise as both Germany and Iran summon each other's diplomats following a court ruling.
- A German court has implicated Iran in a plot to attack a synagogue in Germany in 2022, leading to diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
- The convicted individual, a German-Iranian man, was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for attempted arson and agreeing to commit arson.
- The man reportedly threw an incendiary device at a school because the neighboring synagogue appeared too well secured.
- The court found that the defendant had been tasked with the attack by a former Hells Angels member who had gone to Iran, and that Iran was behind the latter man.
- Both Germany and Iran have summoned each other's diplomats in response to the court ruling and its implications.