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Facing terror charges, Iran diplomat skips trial opening day

by Samuel Petrequin
| November 27, 2020 2:30 AM

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — An Iranian diplomat suspected of masterminding a thwarted, state-sponsored bomb attack against an exiled Iranian opposition group in France did not show up at a courthouse in Belgium on the opening day of his trial on terror charges Friday, invoking his diplomatic immunity.

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