Gya: Iranian got a late hit

THE Iranian cleric kidnapped in Georgetown early last month in a case that has baffled police here was possibly alive up to about a week ago, sources said yesterday.

Mohammad Hassan Ebrahimi was executed and his body found in a shallow grave off the Linden/Soesdyke late Tuesday afternoon.

Results from the post mortem done Wednesday morning indicate that he was "only recently shot", a top source told the Chronicle yesterday.

Senior Iranian police and intelligence officials have been here working with local police on the mysterious case and investigations are continuing, sources said.

A colonel and another senior officer from the Iran police force, who travelled to Guyana last week with two Iranian intelligence officials and the Iran Ambassador based in Venezuela, Mr. Ahmad Sobhani, have remained here to help in the probe, the Chronicle understands.

"Indications are that Ebrahimi may have been alive up to about one week ago", a source said.

The Iranian arrived in Guyana about 22 months ago and sources said investigators are trying to find our more about what he had been doing here.