Tanzania deports Iranian for 'endangering national security'
Dar es Salaam. An Iranian national Mr Hamidreza Mohammad Abraheh has been deported by the Tanzania Immigration Department after it was found that he was involved in planning and carrying out activities that endanger the security of the country and that of other nations (cross-border crime).
Mr Abraheh was granted a visa to live in Tanzania after he misled the Immigration Department that he was married to a Tanzanian presenting documents to prove his status something the Immigration failed to realise at the moment.
The information about the arrest and extradition of the Iranian was issued by Tanzania’s Commissioner for Immigration, Management and Border Control, Mr Samwel Mahirane while speaking to reporters in Dar es Salaam about the wave of immigrants in the country, who conive with Tanzanians to commit crimes.
Mr Mahirane said on December 6, 2022, the Immigration Department deported an Iranian with passport number H46000576 after it was found that he had committed various immigration offences.
“He gave false information when applying for his visa, which is contrary to section 45(1)(a)(b)(c) and (h) of the Immigration Act Chapter 54, he also submitted a forged marriage certificate claiming he was married to a Tanzania citizen. He used it repeatedly to come into the country,” he said.
The Iranian violated the terms of his tourist visa contrary to section 45(1)(m) of the Immigration Act Chapter 54 reference 2016 and managed to live in the country for six months without being detected.
Commissioner Mahirane said after the arrest of the Iranian national and thorough interogation, it was confirmed that he was a criminal who was determined to plan and carry out activities that could endanger the security of the country and that of other nations.
