BERLIN (AP) — A German court says it has approved the extradition of an Iranian diplomat wanted in Belgium on suspicion he was part of a failed plot to bomb an Iranian opposition rally near Paris.
The Bamberg state court said Monday it had approved the European arrest warrant for Assadollah Assadi, and ruled that diplomatic immunity did not apply in the case.
It was not immediately clear when Bamberg prosecutors would move ahead with the extradition.
Vienna-based Assadi was apprehended in July near the German city of Aschaffenburg on the European warrant alleging his involvement in the plot to bomb the June 30 rally.
His arrest came after a couple with Iranian roots was stopped in Belgium and authorities reported finding powerful explosives in their car.
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