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Two Belgians of Iranian descent were accused on Monday in Brussels of having planned an explosive attack two days earlier against a concentration of the Iranian opposition in France, to which Western leaders have participated . The couple was arrested Saturday in a Brussels commune with 500 grams of explosives in their car, said Monday the Belgian Federal Prosecutor in a statement.
The two men are believed to have committed a bomb attack Saturday in Villepinte, north of Paris, at a rally organized by the Organization of the Mojahedin of the Iranian People (MEK)
25,000 people attended the meeting, including two personalities close to US President Donald Trump: former president of Newt Congress Gingrich and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani
On Monday, they were accused of "attempted terrorist attack and preparation of a terrorist offense".
Amir S., 38, and his wife Nasimeh N., 33, were intercepted Saturday in their Mercedes car, in which police found "about 500 grams of TATP, triacetone triperoxide, an explosive used in November 2015 bombings in Paris and Brussels in March 2016, among others.
They also discovered "a detonation mechanism hidden in a navy," the statement said. The investigation, conducted in cooperation with the French and German judicial authorities, led to the arrest of three suspects placed in pre-trial detention in France and an Iranian diplomat
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"The terrorist attack could to be thwarted by the collaboration between the two countries. "
The security services of the Belgian state and the French and German authorities," said the Belgian prosecutor
the organization of the mujahideen of the little Iran, an opposition party founded in 1965 and banned by the Iranian authorities since 1981. 19659002] "Once again, the good cooperation between the European partner countries has borne fruit," said Prime Minister Charles Michel in a message on Twitter
. Jan Jambon, tweeted that "it was never an attack project in Belgium" and pointed out that they have not changed the level of threat in the country
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an organization next to the Organization of Mujahideen The NCRI on Monday called for the "closure" of Iranian diplomatic representations in Europe, which it accuses of being "Espionage Centers" and "Espionage Centers".
The announcement of the bombing coincided with the arrival of Hisan's Iranian President, Hasan Rohani, for a visit that Teer considers "vitally important" for the cooperation between the Islamic Republic and Europe after the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif estimated on Monday that the planned attack was a "ploy" aimed at undermining Iran
] What moment: right at the moment we embark for a presidential visit to Europe, an alleged Iranian operation (occurs) and its "conspirators" are detained, "Zarit tweeted.
"The Go unequivocally condemns any form of violence and terrorism, anywhere, and is willing to work with all parties concerned to reveal a sinister device carried out under a false flag," he said. he concluded.
President Rohani also travels to Austria, where he took the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July
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