Iran urges Germany to bring Terrorists Pjak ringleader to justice

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Iran on Saturday urged the German government to bring terrorists of Pjak ringleader Rahman Haji Ahmadi to justice for organizing terrorist operations against Iranian citizens.
    
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in a telephone conversation with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle urged the German government to bring Pjak ringleader Rahman Haji Ahmadi to justice for orchestrating terror campaign against Iranian citizens.

In the meantime, Salehi and Westerwelle discussed issues of mutual interests, regional developments and situation in Afghanistan.

Salehi said that Pjak terrorist group has carried terrorist operations against Iranian citizens and the German government is expected to bring Pjak ringleader Haji Ahmadi to justice.

Westerwelle said that the issue concerns the judiciary and that the German justice system will examine the case as soon as the German government receives enough evidence and documents.

Earlier in the day, Iran protested to German government over presence and activities of Pjak ringleader in the German soil.

Iran conveyed the formal protest to German charge d'affaires in Tehran Benita Kadenbach in absence of German ambassador.

Director of the Western European Department at Foreign Ministry told the German diplomat that Pjak terrorist operations have led to deaths and injuries of large number of Iranian citizens and demanded the German government to honor its commitments to international campaign against terrorism.

'The World governments have undertaken commitments on international campaign against terrorism and the presence of Pjak ringleader in Germany is a blatant violation of the international commitments of the German government,' the Iranian official told Ms Kadenbach.

The official demanded the German government to avoid double-standard vis-a-vis terrorism and respect its international commitments to fight terrorism.

He said that the German government is expected to spare no effort to halt activities of the terrorist group in the German soil.

'Presence of terrorists in the German soil is tantamount to encouraging international terrorism.'

The German charge d'affaires said that she will convey Iran’s protest to her government and will inform Iran of the results.

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