Kenyan counter-terrorism forces in Nairobi. (Reuters) March 19, 2019 Iran recalled its ambassador to Kenya because of a court decision upholding sentences for two Iranians in jail, foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said Sunday, according to the Iranian Students’ News Agency. Iran also lodged a formal complaint with the Kenyan ambassador in Tehran [...]
Nairobi, capital of Kenya (Flickr/CC BY-2.0/Demosh) December 19, 2016 Two Iranian men who were found with video footage of the Israeli embassy in Kenya have been deported after a deal was reached to drop charges against them, Kenyan officials said Monday. The two men had faced charges of collecting information to facilitate a [...]
Kenyan counter-terrorism forces in Nairobi. (Reuters) December 15, 2016 A Kenyan court on Wednesday ordered the deportation of two Iranian men who were accused of plotting an attack on the Israeli embassy in Nairobi, The Associated Press reports. The court order said an agreement had been reached between prosecutors and the Iranian embassy [...]
Nairobi, capital of Kenya (Flickr/CC BY-2.0/Demosh) December 1, 2016 A Kenyan prosecutor has charged two Iranian men with collecting information to carry out a terrorist attack after they were allegedly found with video footage of the Israeli embassy. State Prosecutor Duncan Ondimu said in court on Thursday that Sayed Nasrollah Ebrahim and Abdolhosein [...]
July 20, 2016 Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Adam Mohamed said Kenya is particularly leveraging on Iran’s expertise in the textile and oil and gas sectors to develop strong local industries. The CS made the remarks during a meeting with Iranian minister of Trade and Mining Mohammed Reza, who’s in the country seeking investment opportunities. [...]
June 18, 2016 Leveraging the Lebanese Diaspora Much of the Lebanese diaspora business community in Africa is a source of donations and taxes for Hezbollah, and these individuals and businesses also send money to Lebanese charities and social service providers, many of which are run by or give their money to the terror group. This [...]
May 22, 2016 Iran has started exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa, an official announced. Esmaeel Hasham Firouz, the export-import director of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC), said the Islamic Republic has begun to ship excess natural gas supplies as LNG to the three African countries. [...]
Iran plants spies and weapons across the continent in a bid to outmaneuver the West 2 May 2016 The Cyclone-class patrol ship USS Sirocco closed in on a small boat in the Arabian Sea. After boarding, the American warship’s sailors discovered hundreds of Kalashnikov assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. The source — Iran. The [...]
January 20, 2016 The Iranian government has reaffirmed its support to Kenya in the war of terrorism following the Somalia attack which has claimed an unknown number of the Kenyan defence forces KDF soldiers. The people daily newspaper reported today that the Iran Ambassador Hadi said his government will continue to offer support to Kenya [...]
November 29, 2015 Kenyan security agencies announced Saturday the arrest of two terrorism suspects with alleged links to Iran, claiming that both men admitted plotting attacks on Western targets in the African nation. Abubakar Sadiq Louw, 69, and Yassin Sambai Juma, 25, are accused of terrorism and espionage on behalf of Iranian state intelligence. The [...]
