A handout picture released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry dated August 5, 2020 shows Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (left) welcoming the Germany's new ambassador to Tehran, Hans-Udo Muzel, at the foreign ministry office in Tehran. (PHOTO / HANDOUT VIA AFP)

TEHRAN - The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned the German Ambassador to Tehran, Hans-Udo Muzel, over a "baseless accusation" hurled against Tehran in a German court.

Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, director general for Western Europe at Iran's Foreign Ministry, also protested the "unacceptable" summoning of the Iranian charge d'affaires in Berlin over an alleged "plot to carry out an arson attack on a synagogue in Germany," said the Iranian Foreign Ministry in a statement.

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During their meeting, the German envoy was reminded that Iran "has a very brilliant track record in promoting the principle of coexistence, as respecting Abrahamic religions has a valuable status in Islam and the Iranian culture."

Muzel said he would convey Iran's protest to Berlin at the earliest possible time.

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In a statement on Tuesday, the German Foreign Ministry said it had summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires over the alleged arson plot.

Earlier in the day, the Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court convicted a German-Iranian national for "conspiring the attack on the synagogue in the western city of Bochum" in November 2022, and sentenced him to 33 months in prison, claiming that the plot "was linked to the Iranian state agencies."  

Iran summons Swedish envoy

Iran's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Sweden's charge d'affaires in Tehran to strongly protest the life sentence given to a former Iranian judiciary official.

Iran's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Sweden's charge d'affaires in Tehran to strongly protest the life sentence given to a former Iranian judiciary official

The Swedish envoy was summoned by Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, director general for Western Europe at the ministry, after a Swedish court on Tuesday upheld the life sentence against Hamid Nouri, who was arrested in 2019 in Sweden for alleged human rights violations, which was rejected as "baseless" by the Iranian side, according to a statement by the ministry.

Ahmadabadi vehemently condemned the move against Nouri, saying the ruling allowed legal mechanisms to be abused for "poisonous and destructive circles' political objectives."

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The Iranian official said his country was determined to follow up on the issue until "Nouri gets freed from the grip of injustice," adding that the country reserved the right to take proportionate steps.

For his part, the Swedish charge d'affaires gave the assurance to convey Iran's protest to Stockholm as soon as possible.

Nouri was tried based on accusations by members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), which Iran designates as a "terrorist group."

The MKO accused Nouri of being involved in the execution and torture of its members in 1988.