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RFL/RE – France says it has frozen the assets of Iran’s Ministry of Security and Intelligence, as well as of two Iranian men thought to be members of the country’s intelligence service.
The French government made the announcement in its gazette on October 2, identifying one of the men as Assadollah Assadi, the same name as an Iranian diplomat who has been arrested over an alleged plot to bomb an Iranian opposition group in France in June.
A German court approved on October 1 Assadi’s extradition to Belgium, where he is accused of masterminding the plot.
Assadi was accredited as a counselor at the Iranian Embassy in Vienna before his July detention in Germany.
Iran has denied the existence of any such plot, with Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying the allegations are “aimed at damaging EU-Iran relations.”
With reporting by Reuters and AFP
