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Calls to Reveal Whereabouts of 100 Missing Tunisians in Libya

Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi (Getty Images)
Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi (Getty Images)
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Calls to Reveal Whereabouts of 100 Missing Tunisians in Libya

Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi (Getty Images)
Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi (Getty Images)

A Tunisian human rights association has called for revealing the fate and whereabouts of Tunisians stranded and missing in Libya.

Some associations and human rights organizations estimate the number of Tunisians stranded in Libya at about 100, some of whom are in prisons on terrorism charges while others are believed to be in shelters.

Head of the Rescue Association of Tunisians Trapped Abroad (RATTA) Mohamed Iqbal Ben Rejeb issued a statement demanding the formation of a joint Tunisian-Libyan committee to search for the missing Tunisians in Libya and settle issues that have been pending for years now.

This comes in line with Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi’s official three-day visit to Tunis upon President Kais Saied’s invitation.

The senior officials discussed the frozen Libyan funds in Tunis, while Tunisian officials raised the issue of security cooperation and the pursuit of terrorist organizations infiltrating across borders.

Tunis attaches great importance to security matters, especially that it has data claiming that perpetrators of some of the terrorist attacks in the country were trained in Libyan camps.

Matters linked to the stranded Tunisian journalists, Sofiene Chourabi and Nadir Ktari, have been continuously followed up, especially by active civil society organizations.

Tunisia’s Foreign Ministry has repeatedly announced pursuing this issue with relevant Libyan parties. However, no clear information has been given in this regard.

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Iran Guards Rule Out Breach in Haniyeh Assassination

A picture shows the site of the explosion at the “Imam Ali” guest house compound in northern Tehran. (Social media)
A picture shows the site of the explosion at the “Imam Ali” guest house compound in northern Tehran. (Social media)
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Iran Guards Rule Out Breach in Haniyeh Assassination

A picture shows the site of the explosion at the “Imam Ali” guest house compound in northern Tehran. (Social media)
A picture shows the site of the explosion at the “Imam Ali” guest house compound in northern Tehran. (Social media)

The deputy of the intelligence unit in the Quds Force, the external arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), rejected the possibility of a breach in the assassination of Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh, saying the operation had “different dimensions”.

Spokesman for Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Ebrahim Rezaei told deputies that obtaining “complete information about the assassination requires a careful investigation.”

He added that Iran’s intelligence authorities had assured that the assassination was not the result of a “breach.”

The case “is currently under final investigations,” Rezaei was quoted by the Tasnim news agency as saying.

In earlier remarks, a committee member said Israel has a network of influence inside Iran and Tehran. The MP told the reformist ILNA news agency: “What happened is a terrorist act par excellence and deserves a reaction from Iran.”

Meanwhile, Iran’s assistant head of the judiciary announced the formation of a judicial file in Haniyeh’s assassination, a procedure similar to the one that followed the killing of IRGC Quds Force commander General Qassem Soleimani in a US strike near Baghdad airport in January 2020.

The IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency quoted Sadeq Rahimi as saying: “The Public Prosecutor issued directives on the need to identify and arrest those who were negligent in the Haniyeh assassination, or those who were used as agents.”

Rahimi reiterated accusations that Israel was behind the operation, saying: “There is no doubt that the Zionist entity committed the crime, but investigations are underway to find out whether Israel used infiltrators, agents or committed the crime directly.”

The IRGC Counter-Espionage Department is investigating the alleged infiltration. Iranian security personnel raided the guest house compound where Haniyeh had repeatedly stayed during his visits to Tehran.

The agents placed all members of the hotel staff under custody, arrested some, and confiscated all electronic devices, including personal phones, according to media reports.

Meanwhile, Iranian police denied social networks claims about the arrest of General Hassan Karami, commander of the Iranian police Special Forces, on charges of “espionage in the Haniyeh assassination.”

Both Fars and Tasnim cited the police command as saying that the reports were “false and fabricated.”