(AFP-The Local-Sweden) Swedish radio reported on Tuesday that an Iranian couple, believed to be working for Iranian intelligence, have been deported after being suspected in a plot to kill Swedish Jews. Mahdi Ramezani and Fereshteh Sanaeifarid had applied for and been granted asylum in Sweden by posing as Afghans. The couple were arrested in April 2021 and deported in 2022 for posing a security risk. "We have strong belief that they were here on a mission on behalf of Iran," said deputy chief prosecutor Hans Ihrman. Sources said the two were working on behalf of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. One of the suspected targets was Aron Verstandig, Chair of the Official Council of Swedish Jewish Communities.
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