The Jerusalem Post is reporting breaking news that Iranian Mohammed Saeid Golabi was arrested in Kenya for coordinating a terror cell in Nairobi attacking both Israeli and local sites.

An Iranian man, Mohammed Saeid Golabi, was arrested in Kenya over suspicions of planning terror attacks against local and Israeli interests in Kenya, according to an exclusive report by the daily Kenyan newspaper The Star.

Kenyan police monitored Golabi’s and his local associates' activities and are convinced that he is linked to terror activities, multiple Kenyan police sources told The Star.

“We have profiled him and his contacts over time. We have enough reason to believe that he has been working with those terror groups,” a senior official at Kenya's anti-terrorism police unit said to The Star.

Golabi visited the region frequently and is suspected of working with a team of Kenyans to gather intelligence against establishments both private and state-owned, with the aim of attacking them, the report said.

The Iranian government did not respond to Kenya's inquiries.

Picture: A man crosses the road during the closing of businesses on First Avenue in Eastleigh district of Nairobi, Kenya November 16, 2021, Reuters