Two Iranians and their Kenyan driver who worked for the Iranian embassy in Nairobi were Thursday arraigned in court and charged with collecting information/spying for a terrorist act after they were arrested filming the Israeli embassy.
The two Iranians identified as Sayed Nasrollah Ebrahimi, Abdolhosein Ghola Safafe and driver Moses Keyah Mmboga, a Kenyan was found taking video clips of the Israeli embassy.
According to a charge sheet produced in court say the two were spying for a terror group.
The three men were in a car belonging to the Iranian embassy when they were arrested by the ATPU (Kenya’s Anti Terrorism Police Unit) on Tuesday, court papers said.
The diplomatic status of the two Iranians is unclear.
In 2013, a Kenyan court jailed two Iranians for life on terrorism-related charges, including possessing explosives. The sentence was reduced to 15 years on appeal.
