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Section 03 Iran's Long Arm

2019 · Netherlands · Killing · The Hague, Netherlands

Killing of an Iranian-Born Dutch National in The Hague

The same AIVD statement named this 2017 killing in The Hague.

Iran's Role, in the Government's Words

“The AIVD has strong indications of Iran’s involvement in the assassinations of two Dutch nationals of Iranian origins in Almere (2015) and The Hague (2017).”

AIVD (Netherlands) Iran likely involved in assassinations in the Netherlands, statement, January 8, 2019, para. 1, aivd.nl.

People Charged

No one has been charged in a U.S. or British court.

Targets

  • a Dutch national of Iranian origin, an opponent of the regime

Private people are described, never named. A target is named only if a public figure who has spoken publicly about the plot.