“This is a baseless allegation provoked by the Zionist region,” a spokesperson for the Iranian Embassy in Addis Ababa said. Ethiopian police have yet to formally charge the 15 plot suspects, only two of whom have been identified. Kenyan officials said the men were members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Quds Force. Their lawyers said they had been interrogated by Israeli intelligence while in Kenyan custody.Four years later, in 2016, Kenya deported two Iranians who had been arrested outside the Israeli Embassy with video footage of the facility. Iran said the men, who had been traveling in an Iranian diplomatic car, were university teachers.Iranian agents have been suspected in attacks or thwarted attacks in countries including Georgia, Thailand and India.

Source: Ethiopian News February 15, 2021 11:26 UTC