An Iranian diplomat has been sentenced to prison by a Belgian court in connection with a bomb plot against an Iranian opposition group in France.
Assadolah Assadi received a 20-year sentence Thursday in Antwerp. Assadi worked for the Iranian Embassy in Vienna, Austria. He was found guilty of attempting to bomb a National Council of Resistance of Iran rally near Paris that was held in 2018. French authorities said he acted on orders from Iranian intelligence, Reuters reported.