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Iran Summons Dutch Envoy to Protest Assassination Attempts Claim
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 25, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
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Iran summoned the Dutch envoy after accusations of assassination attempts. Iran calls the claims speculative and unfounded.
Iran Summons Dutch Envoy Over Assassination Claims Dispute
(Reuters) - The Iranian foreign ministry summoned the Dutch ambassador to Tehran on Friday, the official IRNA news agency reported, a day after the Netherlands called in Iran's envoy over suspicions that Iran was behind two assassination attempts.
An Iranian foreign ministry official described the Dutch accusation as "laughable" and based on "suspicions or assumptions", according to IRNA.
"It is regrettable that the Dutch diplomatic apparatus acts so easily on speculations injected by its security bodies and the Zionist regime (Israel), and even summons the Iranian ambassador over such an absurd fabrication," the official, Alireza Yousefi, was quoted as saying.
The Netherlands summoned Iran's ambassador after the Dutch intelligence agency, known as the AIVD, said in its annual report published on Thursday that it was likely Iran was behind two assassination attempts in the Netherlands and Spain.
Two men were arrested in June 2024 in the Dutch town of Haarlem after an assassination attempt on an Iranian residing in the country, the report said.
One of the suspects was also believed to have been behind the failed assassination attempt on Spanish politician and Iran critic Alejo Vidal-Quadras in Madrid in November 2023, it said.
(Reporting by Dubai newsroom; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
Key Takeaways
- •Iran summoned the Dutch ambassador to protest assassination claims.
- •The Netherlands accused Iran of being behind two assassination attempts.
- •Iran dismissed the accusations as laughable and speculative.
- •The Dutch intelligence agency AIVD reported on the incidents.
- •Tensions rise between Iran and the Netherlands over these claims.
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2Why did the Netherlands summon Iran's ambassador?
The Netherlands summoned Iran's ambassador due to suspicions of Iran's involvement in assassination attempts.
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Iran described the accusations as laughable and based on speculation.
