Interpol IDs Iranians on MH370, terror link not suspected
Two Iranians who used stolen European passports to board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are not suspected of links to any terrorist groups.
Two Iranian nationals identified Tuesday as having used stolen European passports to board missing Malaysia Air flight 370 are not suspected of links to terrorist groups, Interpol said Tuesday, in releasing their photos.
“The more information we get, the more we are inclined to conclude it is not a terrorist incident,” Interpol Secretary-General Ron Noble said Tuesday.
Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad, 19, and Delavar Seyed Mohammad Reza, 29, arrived in Malaysia from Iran on February 28 on their Iranian passports. They checked into flight MH370 in Kuala Lumpur Saturday (March 8), using European passports reported stolen by their owners in Thailand in 2012 and 2013.
Pouri Nour Mohammad Mehrdad, 19, was booked through Beijing onto Amsterdam then Frankfurt, where his mother resides and was waiting for him. The mother contacted authorities when he did not arrive, Malaysia’s police chief told reporters near Kuala Lumpur Tuesday.
