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Hamburg Court Sentences Iran Spy Plotters to Prison Terms

By Drooid · Oct 15, 2026, 3:50 PM UTC · How we work

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Hamburg court sentenced two Iran-spy agency men for planning attacks.
The court imposed a 4.5-year term on one defendant and an 8.5-year term on the other as mastermind.
Both were convicted of espionage and attempted murder.
They plotted attacks on Josef Schuster, president of Germany's Central Council of Jews, and Volker Beck, Green Party politician.
Both, a Danish and an Afghan citizen, reside in Denmark after Iranian recruitment.

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Story summary

Hamburg court sentenced two Iran-spy agency men for planning attacks.
The court imposed a 4.5-year term on one defendant and an 8.5-year term on the other as mastermind.
Both were convicted of espionage and attempted murder.
They plotted attacks on Josef Schuster, president of Germany's Central Council of Jews, and Volker Beck, Green Party politician.
Both, a Danish and an Afghan citizen, reside in Denmark after Iranian recruitment.