The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the German Ambassador to Tehran, Hans-Udo Muzel, in response to what Iran perceives as a "baseless accusation" made against Tehran in a German court. Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, director general for Western Europe at Iran's Foreign Ministry, expressed protests against the summoning of the Iranian charge d'affaires in Berlin over an alleged "plot to carry out an arson attack on a synagogue in Germany."
During the meeting, the German envoy was reminded that Iran "has a very brilliant track record in promoting the principle of coexistence, as respecting Abrahamic religions has a valuable status in Islam and the Iranian culture." The Iranian Foreign Ministry considers the accusation unacceptable.
In response, the German ambassador, Hans-Udo Muzel, assured that he would convey Iran's protest to Berlin at the earliest possible time.
The dispute arose after the Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court convicted a German-Iranian national for conspiring to attack a synagogue in the western city of Bochum in November 2022. The court sentenced him to 33 months in prison, asserting that the plot "was linked to Iranian state agencies." This conviction and the subsequent accusations have strained diplomatic relations between Iran and Germany.
(With Agency Inputs)
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