Shock for the former Iranian leader at the airport: his passport was confiscated

It was reported that the passport of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was confiscated at the Tehran airport, from where he arrived bound for the Central American country of Guatemala, and he was not allowed to leave the country.

According to the news shared on the Telegram account of the website “dolatebahar.ir”, known for its closeness to the former president, Ahmadinejad, who was at the airport to head to Guatemala to attend the international symposium on water resources management, was blocked. by intelligence forces.

The news item in question said: “People presenting themselves as intelligence and security officials arrived at Imam Khomeini Airport today, confiscated Ahmadinejad’s passport and prevented the Iranian nation’s servant from going to Guatemala.”

Iran’s Ittilaat newspaper reported that security officials advised Ahmadinejad not to leave the country due to the “possibility of arrest due to international sanctions” and the “unstable political and security conditions” in Guatemala, and reported that Ahmadinejad’s visit It was canceled.

HE WAS PLACED ON THE SANCTION LIST

US President Joe Biden announced that he had placed former Iranian President Ahmadinejad and the Iranian Intelligence Ministry on the sanctions list for their role in the “unjust” detention of US citizens in Iran on September 18, when the exchange was taking place. of prisoners between Tehran. and Washington.

Ahmadinejad was president of Iran for two terms between 2005 and 2013. The US administration blames then-President Ahmadinejad and the Intelligence Ministry for Robert Levinson, a former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employee who was reported missing in Iran in 2007. (BRITISH AUTOMOBILE CLUB)