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Germany summoned the Iranian ambassador on Wednesday over an arson attack in the western city of Bochum, which authorities believe was targeted at a synagogue but instead set fire to a neighbouring school. A court in Dusseldorf in December already sentenced a German-Iranian man to two years and nine months in prison for conspiracy to commit aggravated arson and attempted arson. Judges were convinced that Iranian authorities were behind the attack. The Germany Foreign Office wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “The written reasons for the judgement are now available. We have just summoned the Irania…

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