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Monday, October 19, 2026
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 19, 2026
Germany summons Iranian envoy over plot to kill Jewish community leader
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGermany has summoned the Iranian ambassador, the German Foreign Ministry says in a post on X, after a German court sentenced two men for planning to kill the leader of a Jewish organization in Germany.
The court said last week that one of the men had been steered by Iran’s intelligence service.
Germany’s ambassador to Iran was summoned to the ministry of foreign affairs over “baseless accusations,” Iranian media reports.
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