### [2026-10-15](/feed/2026/10/15/index.md)

##### Germany–Iran relations
# A court in Hamburg, Germany, sentences a Danish national to eight years and six months in prison and an Afghan national to four years and six months in prison for plotting to assassinate Josef Schuster, the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, on behalf of Iran. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/german-court-sentences-two-plotting-kill-leader-german-jewish-community-for-iran-2026-10-15/)

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