Iranian undercover agent convicted for bomb plot against opposition meeting in Paris Posted ThuThursday 4 FebFebruary 2021 at 8:09pm The 2018 meeting of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) was the target of the bomb plot. ( Print text only Cancel An Iranian diplomat identified as an undercover agent has been convicted for plotting to bomb a meeting of an exiled Iranian opposition group in France attended by Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Key points: Lawyers claim the attack was on direct orders from Iran's highest authorities Iran condemned the court decisions and says it had no involvement The Vienna-based official Assadollah Assadi was sentenced to 20 years in prison.