Sadegh Zarza, the 64-year-old former leadership member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), survived an assassination attempt on Saturday in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden, an attack his family has blamed on the Iranian government.
Dutch police arrested a 38-year-old male Iranian national at the
scene and have begun interrogating him as part of their investigation.
According to the
Leeuwarden Courant, a former classmate in
Iran recently called Zarza in the Netherlands and asked, as a favor,
that he provide some assistance to his son who was about to begin
studies in Rotterdam. Zarza agreed to meet the son at the Leeuwarden
train station.
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Kurdish Iranian politician survives assassination attempt in the Netherlands: Local media