A former Spanish right-wing politician, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, victim of an assassination attempt in early November, once again accused the Iranian regime of being behind this attack on Friday February 23 during his first public appearance since facts.
“I have no doubt that it is the Iranian regime
,” declared the 78-year-old former vice-president of the European Parliament at a press conference in Madrid. has always been close to Iranian opposition movements.
Tehran
“has a long tradition, a track record, of extraterritorial terrorist activities”
against
“dissidents and against foreigners who support them
,” he continued.
Alejo Vidal-Quadras, who had already pointed out the responsibility of Iran during his interview with the police after the attack, described as a
“miracle”
the fact of having survived this attack, which occurred in front of his home in Madrid on November 9, while returning from a walk.
“As I arrived on the sidewalk in front of my house, I heard a voice behind me saying “hello, sir”
,” he said.
“I made a movement of my head which meant that the shot, which should have been fatal, was not,”
he continued.
The bullet entered one side of his jaw and exited the other.
“The detonation sounded like a thunderclap in my head, in fact I have a perforated eardrum, and I started to bleed, it was like a puddle on the ground
,” he said.
“Paralysis of the facial muscles”
The rapid intervention of a passerby, who stopped the bleeding with a piece of clothing, saved his life, he believes.
Since then, he has suffered from after-effects, including
“a certain paralysis of the facial muscles”
.
Alejo Vidal-Quadras chaired the Popular Party (right) in the Catalonia region in the 1990s. He then served as MEP and vice-president of the European Parliament between 1999 and 2014, before being one of the founders of the extreme party right Vox, which he quickly left after its creation.
Alongside these various positions, the politician, who believes that the international community should toughen its position towards Tehran, is an important member of the organization International Committee In Search of Justice, which supports
“the Iranian resistance”
.
Four people were arrested as part of the investigation into this assassination attempt, but the alleged shooter, a Frenchman of Tunisian origin who has already been the subject of several convictions in France, is still on the run.