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Dutch Recall Envoy From Iran in Murder Plot Row: Minister

◢ The Netherlands has recalled its ambassador from Tehran in a dispute over an alleged Iranian plot to 
assassinate regime opponents on Dutch soil, the Dutch foreign minister said Monday. Foreign Minister Stef Blok said the envoy was called back "for consultations" after Iran expelled two Dutch diplomats in February in a row over the murders of two Iranian dissidents in 2015 and 2017.

Iran Behind Two Assassinations in the Netherlands: Dutch Minister

◢ Iran was likely behind the murders of two Dutch citizens believed to be dissidents against the regime in Tehran, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok said Tuesday. The Dutch secret service "has strong indications that Iran was involved in the assassinations of two Dutch nationals of Iranian origin in Almere 2015 and in The Hague in 2017," Blok said in a letter to parliament.