{
  "id": 14721948,
  "title": "Prozess: Iranische Anschlagspläne - Lange Haft für zwei Männer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/prozess-iranische-anschlagsplane-lange-haft-fur-zwei-manner",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-15T14:41:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/prozess-iranische-anschlagsplaene-lange-haft-fuer-zwei-maenner/100262519.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The president of the German-Israeli Society, Volker Beck, expressed relief after hearing the verdict from the Hamburg Appeal Court. Former Green Party member of parliament, who is speaking about the recent decision, said: \"They are locked up for now - quite a long time - the court imposed sentences of 8 years and 4 years and nine months, among other things, for secret service activities and attempted involvement in murder and arson on behalf of Iran against the two defendants.\" The 54-year-old main perpetrator, believed to be a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, allegedly spied on Beck and the Central Council of Jews' president, Josef Schuster, on Iran's behalf in Germany. These actions were part of preparations for state terrorist attacks, specifically a murder attempt on Beck. The 54-year-old received his orders directly from officers of the foreign unit of the Revolutionary Guards, based in Iran. The 43-year-old Iranian man, of Afghan citizenship, had been observed by the Federal Office for Protection of the Constitution during his stay in Berlin last summer. He visited the German-Israeli Society's office and the German Ethics Council's premises, taking photos of buildings and their surroundings. He also agreed to get in touch with a 43-year-old man of Afghan descent, living in Denmark, to either win him over for an assassination attempt on Beck or find someone else. The meeting also discussed acquiring a silencer-equipped pistol. The 54-year-old Danish man of Afghan descent had also researched Jewish institutions, such as a kosher supermarket in Berlin, which was meant to be set on fire in an arson attack. He asked his 21-year-old daughter to find a Somali or Palestinian woman willing to travel to Germany for money. He offered 30,000 Danish Kroner (approximately €4,000) for her assistance. According to the court's conviction, the planned attacks were centrally controlled by Iran and would be carried out deceptively. The court included the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as the primary sponsor of these thwarted attacks, which the Federal Prosecutor's Office agreed with. Bundesanwalt Stephan Morweiser stated that the Senate should clearly identify the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as the sponsor of these successful thwarted attacks. Both the Federal Office and Beck emphasized the importance of the German government not ignoring the court's findings. Beck demanded that the Iranian ambassador be expelled from Germany immediately and that the Islamic Republic of Iran's diplomatic staff in Berlin be drastically reduced. He noted that this was the first time someone had actively operated in Europe to execute state terrorism on behalf of Iran, following a typical pattern. The 54-year-old main perpetrator was the first iranically influenced Islamist, while the 43-year-old was a serious criminal tasked with executing the plan. By having these two individuals, Iran could deny involvement and avoid sacrificing their own people, according to Beck. Ebrahim-Nesbat, the attorney for the 54-year-old, argued that the verdict was politically motivated and that he would appeal the case. He and the defense of the 43-year-old had sought acquittals. Ebrahim-Nesbat claimed that the court followed the Federal Prosecutor's Office, even though no harm had occurred. Beck felt that the high specific danger had been transformed into a high abstract danger. For him, the Iran now had a high abstract danger instead of a high specific danger.",
  "summary": "Das Hanseatische Oberlandesgericht sieht Anschlagspläne gegen Volker Beck und jüdische Einrichtungen als zentral vom Iran gesteuert. Welche Rolle die beiden Verurteilten dabei gespielt haben.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}