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Mysterious release of convicted Iranian terrorists

Iranians Sayed Mansour Mousavi and Ahmed Abolfathi Mohammed at the Nairobi Law Courts when they were found guilty of possessing explosives and planning to carry out bombings in Kenya. [File, Standard]

Two convicted Iranian terrorists whose stay in Kenyan prisons was beset by controversy were quietly freed and deported to their country two weeks ago.

Ahmad Abolfathi Mohammad and Sayed Mansour Mousavi were finally released from Kamiti Maximum Prison on September 9 amid doubts whether their sentence had lapsed.

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