# Hamburg court jails two men over plot to attack Jewish leaders for Iran

https://mins.news/en/item/101289

- DW, 2026-10-15 11:07 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/hamburg-court-sentences-iranian-agents-over-plans-to-attack-jewish-leaders-in-germany/a-79667895?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> A Hamburg court sentenced two men to prison for conspiring on behalf of Iran’s intelligence service to attack Jewish leaders in Germany. Both were convicted of espionage and attempted murder; one received four and a half years and the other, described as the mastermind, eight and a half. Planned targets included Josef Schuster and Green politician Volker Beck.

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