Denmark's Supreme Court upholds conviction of three members of Ahwaziyya terrorist group

Three leaders of the Danish-based Ahwaziyya group were found guilty of a variety of crimes, including funding and supporting Iranian terrorist groups, including the Army of Injustice, and conducting terrorist attacks within Iran.

The Danish court also noted in its ruling that one of the most significant terrorist attacks of the Ahwaziyya group was the September 21, 2018, terrorist attack on a military and law enforcement parade in Ahvaz, which led to the martyrdom and injuries of numerous Iranian civilians.

Three members of the terrorist organization Ahwaziyya were convicted by a Danish court in February 2021 of funding and assisting terrorist activities in Iran.

 The defendants appealed the lower court's decision after it was rendered, but on December 1, 2023, the appeals court upheld the lower court's decisions and imposed harsher sentences on the defendants.

The defendants' attorneys filed an appeal with the Danish Supreme Court on fictitious grounds, such as "legitimate struggle," after the appeals court upheld the verdict. After considering every facet of the case, the nation's Supreme Court ultimately dismissed the defendants' attorney's argument and ruled that the Ahwaziyya group's actions qualified as terrorist activities. Three of the group's leaders were also sentenced to prison and deportation from Denmark for espionage, financing terrorism, and aiding armed groups.

The Danish Supreme Court stressed that "this group has directly attacked civilians and economic facilities and has caused terror and instability in Iran" when dismissing the defendants' attorneys' arguments. As a result, Danish anti-terrorism laws penalize its actions.

The verdict imposed sentences of 8 years in prison and deportation from Denmark on Yahya Kaabi, 7 years in prison and deportation from Denmark on his brother Tamim Farqbek, and 6 years in prison and revocation of Danish citizenship on Kaabi's son-in-law, Yaqoob Mohammad.

The report claimed that the terrorists in question were operating the group's sabotage, espionage, and terrorist operations against Iran from their base in Ringsend, 60 kilometers southwest of Copenhagen.

The terrorist organization's primary focus and activities have been on bombings, assassinations, and destructive operations in the southwest of Iran, particularly in Khuzestan Province, with the goal of destabilizing the province and eventually pushing for its independence from Iran.