Rumors unfold by Iranian media urged the Iranian official had been kidnapped by Israel’s Mossad.
A former Iranian protection ministry advisor confirmed on X that he had returned to Iraq after beforehand going lacking in Egypt throughout a visit taken on his Iraqi passport, in response to Center Japanese media studies.
Tehran had beforehand confirmed that Amir Mousawi, a former Iranian diplomat, went lacking hours after arriving at an airport in Cairo. Azerbaijani media reported that he was taken for questioning by authorities.
A put up on his official X/Twitter account indicated that Mousawi was visiting Egypt after receiving an official invitation from Cairo.
On Monday, Mousawi’s X account confirmed that he had returned to Iraq after some involvement by the nation’s embassy.
“We heard this morning concerning the disappearance of Mr. Amir Mousawi in Egypt. He isn’t at present a diplomat. He had beforehand served as a cultural attaché,” international ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei reportedly advised reporters in Tehran.
Following Mousawi’s disappearance, hypothesis surfaced on Iranian media suggesting that the previous official was kidnapped by Israel’s Mossad.
Who’s Amir Mousawi?
Mousawi has expressed anti-Israel sentiments whereas delivering quite a few analyses on al-Mayadeen, Al Jazeera and Iranian state media. Notably, he claimed final month that Iran was able to producing 24 nuclear bombs inside a number of hours if it so wished.
Mousawi additionally threatened to arm terrorist teams within the West Financial institution in 2014. “A brand new entrance have to be opened from the West Financial institution, after it has been armed – particularly with missiles, as a result of we all know very nicely that the space between the West Financial institution and Tel Aviv, Haifa, and different areas is way shorter than the space from Gaza,” Mousavi mentioned on Lebanese Al-Mayadeen TV.
He was ousted from his diplomatic place in Algeria in 2014 following giant public outcry and suspicion that he was working to advertise Shiism and Iranian affect, in response to BBC Persian.
Moroccan International Minister Nasser Bourita warned native media that the previous official was “one of many advisors to the Chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran” and so had sway outranking the ambassador.
