Prozess: Gefängnis für geheimdienstliche Tätigkeit im Auftrag Irans
Zwei Männer haben im Auftrag Teherans jüdische und proisraelische Ziele in Deutschland für Anschläge ausgespäht. Das Oberlandesgericht hat sie deshalb nun zu mehrjährigen Haftstrafen verurteilt.
Two men are facing prison terms for secret service activity on behalf of Iran and attempted involvement in murder and arson in Hamburg. The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court sentenced a 54-year-old to 14 months in prison, while a 43-year-old received a four-and-a-half-year sentence. The court's ruling followed demands from the Federal Prosecutor's office.
The defense had sought acquittals. The Hamburg court found it proven that the two men living in Denmark had spied on the President of the Central Council of Jews, Josef Schuster, and the President of the German-Israeli Society, Volker Beck. Moreover, the 54-year-old had planned preparations for an arson attack on a kosher food store in Berlin.
The 54-year-old Danish man, with Afghan roots, had received his assignments directly from officers of the Al-Kuds Brigades, the foreign unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. He subsequently contacted the 43-year-old to either have him assassinate Beck or at least find someone else to do so.
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