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Husband of 'ISIS Bride Shamima' Wants to Take Her to Netherlands

Shamima Begum and her two schoolfriends flew to Istanbul in 2015 to cross the border into Syria [Laura Lean/Getty Image]
Shamima Begum and her two schoolfriends flew to Istanbul in 2015 to cross the border into Syria [Laura Lean/Getty Image]
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Husband of 'ISIS Bride Shamima' Wants to Take Her to Netherlands

Shamima Begum and her two schoolfriends flew to Istanbul in 2015 to cross the border into Syria [Laura Lean/Getty Image]
Shamima Begum and her two schoolfriends flew to Istanbul in 2015 to cross the border into Syria [Laura Lean/Getty Image]

The Dutch husband Shamima Begum who joined ISIS wants to return to the Netherlands with her and their child, the BBC reported on Sunday.

Begum, 19, left London with two school friends to join ISIS when she was 15 but now wants to return to the UK with her newborn son.

Citing an interview with her husband Yago Riedijk, the BBC reported he had fought for ISIS but had surrendered later on and was being held in a Kurdish detention centre in north-eastern Syria.

The BBC said Riedijk now wants to return to the Netherlands with his wife and son, Reuters reported.

Riedijk faces a six-year prison sentence for "joining a terror organisation" if he returns to the Netherlands.

"She seemed in a good state of mind," he said of when he first met her. "It was her own choice. She asked to look for a partner for her, and I was invited. She was very young ... she
chose to get married and I chose to marry her."

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Iran Says 5 Inmates at Evin Prison Were Killed in Israel's Airstrike on Tehran

Evin Prison (File photo: Reuters)
Evin Prison (File photo: Reuters)
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Iran Says 5 Inmates at Evin Prison Were Killed in Israel's Airstrike on Tehran

Evin Prison (File photo: Reuters)
Evin Prison (File photo: Reuters)

An Israeli airstrike on Iran's capital last month killed five inmates at Evin prison and resulted in the escape of several others, Iranian media reported Saturday.

The semi-official ILNA news agency and other Iranian media quoted a spokesman for Iran’s judiciary that the five inmates killed in the June 23 strike had been convicted on financial offences. The spokesman didn't name the victims or give any further details.

The judiciary’s own news website, Mizanonline quoted spokesman Asghar Jahangir as saying only that “small number" of inmates were killed. He added that an “insignificant number of inmates” had also escaped and that authorities would soon bring them back into custody, AFP reported.

Jahangir said no one serving time at Evin prison for working with Israel's spy agency Mossad was injured in the attack.

Iranian authorities last month put the death toll from the airstrike at 71. But Iranian media later raised that number to 80 including staff, soldiers, inmates and visiting family members.

It's unclear why Israel targeted the prison. The Israeli Defense Ministry had said on the day of the airstrikes that 50 aircraft dropped 100 munitions on military targets “based on high-quality and accurate intelligence from the Intelligence Branch.”

The New York-based Center for Human Rights had criticized Israel for striking the prison - seen as a symbol of repression of any opposition - saying it violated the principle of distinction between civilian and military targets.

The 12-day air war left more than 1,060 dead in Iran and 28 dead in Israel.