UK ex-soldier sentenced to more than 14 years to help Iran

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HISTORY: Former British soldier Daniel Abed Khalife is sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for collecting information for Iran

:: January 3rd 2025

:: London, England

:: Bobbie Cheema-Grubb, Judge

:: “You passed information you had gathered for these agents in a hostile state. You allowed them to know your personal details and movements, including when you were deployed for an international training operation in the United States of America. You are traveling to Istanbul to meet with them, and on two occasions you received payment for your services. “

:: “You must be sentenced as an adult, after being convicted at the age of 23, and even if your insult began when you were 17 years old, you lasted in it for a significant period.”

:: “First you want to serve half of the verdict for the official secrets that are offense. Then you will serve 40% of the sentence of escape. Finally, you will earn 2/3 of the custody period of the terrorist action before your case will be referred to the parole board to consider whether you should be released before the end of the total amount.

Daniel Abed Khalife was convicted last November of collecting military and classified information to Iran between 2019 and 2022 and getting information that would probably be useful for terrorism.

Khalife’s “Personal Details and Movements,” including while being trained by an “International Training Operation in the United States of America,” was among the information adopted, the judge announced during the criminal offense.

Khalife, who was discharged from the armed forces after he was indicted, also admitted to fleeing London’s Wandsworth prison in September 2023 while awaiting trial on the other charges. He tied to the bottom of a delivery car and triggered a nationwide Manhunt before being caught days later.

The 23-year-old, whose mother was born in Iran, had said he was a patriot and had contacted both Britain’s MI6 and MI5 intelligence services about his contacts and said he would be a “double agent.” He had said he and his family hated the Iranian government.