NCRI – The defendants, accused of attacking the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, are acquitted of charges of property damage.
The lawyer of a number of defendants accused of attacking the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, has revealed some of the details regarding the issued sentences in the case, stating that “the defendants are acquitted of the charges of criminal property damage. “
In an interview with the state news agency ILNA on November 2, Mostafa Shabani pointed to the case on attacking the Saudi Embassy and said that “there were about 45 defendants in the case, 25 of whose cases are being investigated in the Special Clerical Court while the other 20 were investigated in the Special Court for Civil Servants.”
He added: “in this regard, the sentences related to 20 of the defendants have been issued by the Special Court for Civil Servants. The defendants were charged with deliberately damaging the Saudi Embassy, arson and disrupting public order.”
The lawyer of some of the defendants said that the reason his clients were acquitted was that there was no complaint filed by Saudi Arabia in this regard. He added: “since the issue of damaging the Saudi Embassy needs a private plaintiff and the Saudi government has not complained in this regard, the court acquitted the defendants of deliberately damaging the Saudi Embassy by rejecting the charges.”
Shabani then pointed to the regime’s sham charges of disrupting public order and not attacking the embassy, and said: “regarding the charges of disrupting public order, the court has issued different verdicts. Some of the defendants were sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, some to 91 days while the rest were acquitted.”
The lawyer of a number of defendants accused of attacking the Saudi Embassy in Tehran acknowledged that the attackers were members of Basij and said: “all the 20 defendants are members of Basij who have a history of attending the battle fronts during Iran-Iraq war and even fighting in Syria. On the other hand, they were not prevented by the law enforcement forces, either.”
Saudi Embassy building in Tehran was set on fire on Saturday January 2, 2016. Following the attack to Saudi Embassy by the mercenaries of Mullahs’ regime, Saudi Arabia cut all its diplomatic ties with Iran. The attack also caused a number of other Arab countries to reduce their diplomatic relations with Iran.