Two of the hitmen were later discovered in France and arrested by French police. But despite a warrant for their arrest by the Swiss authorities, the French government put them on a direct flight to Tehran “for national reasons”. The decision to allow Tehran’s terrorist agents to escape prosecution drew international condemnation, including from the United States. 

 

New strategy 

But after six months of constant anti-regime protests in Iran, the MOIS has implemented a new strategy to eliminate the opposition that the regime officials blame for organizing the nationwide uprising. On March 22, 2018, two Iranians were arrested in Tirana, Albania, on the charge of plotting terrorist attack against thousands of Iranian opposition members.

 

The MOIS uses Iran's embassies in the EU countries as a center for planning, organizing and carrying out its terrorist operations. This was highlighted again earlier this week by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who went on to warn Tehran that its actions have “a real high cost.”

 

After destabilizing the Middle East, it seems that the Iranian regime now has set its target on EU using the same means, terrorism. As the EU leaders are using every diplomatic and political resource to preserve the nuclear deal in order to safeguard their economic interests, the MOIS takes advantage of the fruitless talks to target EU citizens and Iranian dissidents in Europe.

 

However, some EU countries appear to take the threat seriously. The Netherlands rightfully expelled two Iranian embassy staffers as persona non grata in June. The authorities did not disclose the reason but the Dutch intelligence service deem it serious enough to take the decision to expel them.

 

Had the terrorist plot in Paris on June 30 been successful, many innocent people and members of parliament from around the world who attended the gathering would have been killed. 

 

Attacks by Tehran on Europe  

When the ISIS terrorist operations in Europe are condemned as unacceptable and ruthless, one should ask why the EU leaders are willing to overlook similar vicious terrorist attacks by Tehran on European territory. 

 

Their appeasing approach threatens the Union’s security and should be reversed by bringing the arrested Iranian diplomat in Germany to justice and taking steps to close Iran’s embassies in the EU member-states, which the regime uses as command center for organizing terrorist operations in the EU.

 

If the theocracy does not face serious punishments, the Western citizens should expect more fatal terrorist operation in the near future as the regime is collapsing inside Iran.