Iran Summons German Ambassador in Retaliatory Move Over Assassination Plot Allegations
“Levelling security-related accusations against Iran has long been a tactic employed by the Zionist regime and certain Western nations,” the statement said.
ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned Germany’s ambassador to Tehran, Axel Dittmann, accusing Berlin of making “baseless political allegations” against the Islamic Republic, in a retaliatory move after Germany summoned Iran’s ambassador over an alleged plot to assassinate pro-Israel public figures.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said the allegations were part of a broader political campaign against Tehran, according to a statement carried by Iran’s official IRNA news agency.
“Levelling security-related accusations against Iran has long been a tactic employed by the Zionist regime and certain Western nations,” the statement said.
It added that attempts to give judicial legitimacy to what it described as unfounded political claims would neither strengthen the allegations nor enhance the standing of Germany’s judiciary.
The diplomatic dispute follows a ruling by a Hamburg court on Thursday that convicted two men of planning attacks against prominent pro-Israel and Jewish community figures in Germany.
The intended targets were the president of Germany’s main organization representing the Jewish community and the head of the German-Israeli Society.
The Danish national, partially identified as Ali Hassan S., was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison, while his Afghan accomplice received a four-and-a-half-year sentence. Both men were arrested in Denmark last year before being extradited to Germany.
In handing down the sentences, the judge said the men were guilty of “terrorist activities orchestrated by Iran.”
Germany’s Foreign Ministry announced on X on Monday that it had summoned Iran’s ambassador over the case, warning that Tehran would not be allowed to “threaten our free society.”
“The malicious assassination attempts... will have legal consequences,” the ministry said, adding that Germany would not tolerate attacks on Jewish communities or those who defend them.
When the two men were initially charged, Iran’s embassy in Berlin rejected the accusations, describing them as “unfounded allegations made at the behest of Iran’s enemies.”
The reciprocal summonses underscore growing diplomatic tensions between Tehran and Berlin over allegations of Iranian involvement in plots targeting Jewish and pro-Israel figures in Germany. Iran has denied the accusations.