Vice-President of the Judiciary for International Affairs and the Secretary-General of the High Council for Human Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Friday said that all action by the Belgian and Austria governments against the Iranian detained diplomat who was imprisoned illegally was against legal and international rules and principles.
Secretary-General of the High Council for Human Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazem Gharibabadi on Friday at the arrival of an Iranian detained diplomat Asadulah Asadi at Imam Khomeini International Airport at Tehran said that " The arrest warrant issued by the Belgian government and his arrest in Germany, and the cancellation of his diplomatic immunity by the Austrian government, all of these are against legal and international rules and principles."
Assadollah Assadi, a former Iranian diplomat imprisoned in Belgium on false charges, has returned home after five years.
The plane carrying Assadi landed at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport on Friday evening local time.
Belgian police arrested Assadi in June 2018, accusing him of plotting an attack against the anti-Iran (MKO) terrorist organization, a claim that has been strongly rejected by the former diplomat and Iranian authorities.
A Belgian court then sentenced Assadi, who served as the third counselor at Iran's Embassy in Vienna, to 20 years in prison.
Iran had repeatedly condemned the violation of Assadi's diplomatic immunity and made every effort to secure his release in negotiations with Belgian authorities.