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Iranian nationals Sayed Mansour Mousavi and Ahmad Abolfathi Mohammad at the Supreme Court on September 28, 2018. [David Njaaga, Standard]
Questions have emerged over the manner in which the two Iranians convicted of terror-related charges were released from custody and spirited out of the country at a time the country was engrossed in the general elections.
A number of convicts serving life jail terms on Friday demanded to be told the consideration extended to the Iranians Ahmad Abolfathi Mohammad and Sayed Mansour Mousavi, leading to their release from custody before completing their 15-year jail term.
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