Thailand confirms return of Iranians held over 2012 bomb plotIn this file photo, Saeid Moradi gestures in his wheelchair in front of Mohammad Khazaei while being escorted to a Bangkok court on Aug 22, 2013. (Bangkok Post file photo)Thailand confirmed on Thursday it had returned three Iranians jailed over a 2012 bomb plot in Bangkok, in an announcement that came after Tehran freed an Australian-British lecturer imprisoned for alleged spying. The trio freed by Thailand had all been jailed over a botched bomb plot that Israel linked to a spate of attacks on its diplomats around the world. In 2013 a Bangkok court jailed Moradi for life for attempted murder and sentenced Khazaei to 15 years for possession of explosives. Israel accused Tehran of waging a terror campaign over the plot, which emerged a day after bomb attacks on its diplomats in India and Georgia.

Source: Bangkok Post November 26, 2020 11:48 UTC