Iran Press/ Iran News: In July 2018 and at the same time as the visit of Iran's President Hassan Rouhani to Austria and Switzerland, Belgium claimed that Asadollah Asadi, an Iranian diplomat based in Vienna, has been arrested on suspicion of plotting to bomb a Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO or MEK) meeting.
Recently, some Western media outlets made ridiculous allegations about the threat to the Belgian government by Asadollah Asadi.
A group of Iranian university professors, lawyers, and jurists issued a statement on the Lawyers Without Borders website on Tuesday evening, declaring the actions of the German and Belgian governments in violation of diplomatic immunity, and described detaining of Asadollah Asadi, an Iranian diplomat in Europe, as 'illegal'.
They protested against this illegal act which is in violation of the diplomatic convention.
In the statement, they called on the United Nations to respond to violations of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations in order to preserve the foundations of diplomatic relations and the framework of the convention and to prevent its practical and gradual rejection to oblige the German and Belgian governments to respond to the violation of the convention.
The Iranian university professors, lawyers, and jurists also expressed their readiness to pursue the case in coordination with the relevant institutions.
