JEDDAH: The hearings during the trial of an Egyptian spy convicted of working for the Iranian regime revealed Iranian terrorist efforts to undermine the security and stability of Saudi Arabia.
The Iranian regime had already been found to harbor 14 Saudi terrorists who were in contact with terrorist cells inside the Kingdom.
Terrorist Saleh Al-Qarawi is one of the most important and dangerous member of Al-Qaeda, as well as an expert in the making of explosives, and founder of the Abdullah Azzam Brigade.
He was on the list of 85 most wanted terrorists announced by the Ministry of Interior, as well as wanted by the Interpol and the United States in 2011.
Al-Qarawi was protected by Iran for years despite his criminal activity. He stayed in Iran for some time and got in touch with a number of Saudi of foreign terrorists.
He also traveled between Afghanistan and Waziristan before being handed over to the Saudi authorities, in 1433 AH, by Pakistani authorities.
Other wanted terrorists include Abdul Mohsen Abdullah Ibrahim Al-Sarekh, who is on the UN Security Council’s list of wanted terrorists and on the Saudi Ministry of Interior’s list of 85 most wanted terrorists.
The 32-year-old was born in the province of Shaqraa. He received a passport on 21/12/1428 AH, and 39 days later left for Iran where he was received by terrorist Saleh Al-Qarawi in Tehran.
In 1997, following the terrorist attack of June 25, 1996, on a housing complex in Alkhobar, which killed 19 American military personnel and injured 372 others, the Iranian regime housed and covered up for a number of terrorists involved in the crime.
Among them were Ahmed Al-Mughassil, Ali Al-Houri, Ibrahim Al-Yaqoub and Abdul Kareem Al-Nasser, all Saudi nationals.
Nineteen years later, Saudi authorities were finally able to arrest Al-Mughassil upon his arrival to Beirut.
Since the beginning of terrorist operations in 2003, the first Iranian terrorist was arrested on 27/12/1429 AH.
He has basic education and was arrested for his involvement in terrorist crimes and for hosting a number of Saudis in his home in Iran and sending them to Afghanistan.
He was also found to be in contact with several coordinators inside and outside the Kingdom, covering up for them.
He received 3,800 euros from a Saudi in Iran and had been using the Haj season to come to the Kingdom and coordinate with Saudi youth to get them to Afghanistan.
The Iranian terrorist also tried to mislead Saudi security authorities by destroying his cell phone’s SIM, and recruited some people during his stay in Makkah to smuggle them to Yemen in return for cash.
He was sentenced to 13 years in jail and will be sent to Tehran after the completion of his sentence.
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