Two Iranian Quds force operatives jailed in Kenya for attempted terrorist act
According to Kenyan news outlet Daily Nation, the Iranian regime is bribing Kenyan authorities to free two of its terrorists affiliated with the notorious Quds Force.
The Quds Force is a recognized terrorist organization that handles operations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) outside of Iran.
The story of Ahmad Abdolfathi Mohammad and Sayed Mansour Mousavi, two Iranian nationals currently under arrest in Kenya, goes back to June 2012. But as their case is reviewed by the Kenyan Supreme Court, the highest body of the Kenyan judiciary, a new report by the Interpol adds a new twist to the whole.
According to Interpol’s report, Iranian operatives are actively trying to compromise key government employees and the legal system to release Ahmad Abolfathi and Sayed Mansour Mousavi from Kenyan custody.
According to an affidavit by police sergeant Erick Opagal, when Ahmad and Sayed Mansour arrived in Nairobi on June 12, 2013, they traveled to Mombasa without delay to acquire RDX explosives.
The two were arrested in June 2013 when they returned to Nairobi while their accomplice stayed at large.
The same year, Chief Magistrate Kiarie Waweru sentenced the two to life in prison and additional sentences of 15 and 10 years for other charges. In his ruling, the judge referred to the 1998 American embassy bombing in Nairobi and how fresh still the memory is in Kenyan’s minds.
After the two Quds Force agents appealed the court decision, the High Court removed the life sentence and handed them a 15-year prison term each. But they were still not satisfied.
The Court of Appeal revoked the 15-year prison term and ordered an immediate deportation.
The prosecution has brought the case to the Kenyan Supreme Court for a final decision.
The Kenyan government is afraid that the Iranian regime and its affiliates will help these two terrorists to escape from prison.
According to Kenyan media, a group of terrorists have been smuggled to east Africa to free the two terrorists.
After intelligence reports about the escape plan surfaced, the Kenyan government set its law enforcement forces on full alert. Kenyan security forces have already obtained recorded tapes of Iranian nationals that reveal Iranian plans for the escape operation.
Ahmad Abolfathy Mohammad and Sayed Mansour Mousavi aren’t the first Iranians who have been caught red handed by Kenyan law enforcement forces.
In 2013, Kenyan authorities caught two Iranian agents trying to enter the country with fake Israeli IDs. In 2014, Kenyan police revealed a spy ring connected to the Iranian regime.
In 2015, two Kenyan nationals confessed to having cooperated with Iranian security forces to plan attacks against western targets in the country. According to the Kenyan police, the two Kenyans said to have been spies for the Quds Force.
The Interpol report states that the Quds Force’s officers operate covertly to spread Iran’s influence far and wide, and they have been responsible for numerous terrorist attacks and attempted attacks globally.
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