Story highlights Kenyan agencies say Abubakar Sadiq Louw admitted plotting attacks on Western targets

The government alleges he had links to Iran's Quds Force; no immediate comment from Iran

Kenya also says it's looking for a British man who sneaked into the nation to join al-Shabaab

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) Kenyan security agencies announced Saturday the arrest of two terrorism suspects with alleged links to Iran, claiming that both men admitted plotting attacks on Western targets in the African nation.

Abubakar Sadiq Louw, 69, and Yassin Sambai Juma, 25, are accused of terrorism and espionage on behalf of Iranian state intelligence. The pair "admitted to conspiring to mount terror attacks," with the government asserting that the men's targets "included hotels in Nairobi frequently used by Western tourists, businessmen and diplomats."

Described as a senior figure in the Shiite Muslim community in the capital of Nairobi, Louw was working on behalf of the Quds Force, an elite unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard that has carried out covert operations in other countries, the agencies said. Juma was allegedly one of the students Louw recruited.

There was no immediate comment from the Iranian government.

Louw was arrested October 29, after which the security agencies claimed that "he admitted recruiting young Kenyans to spy and mount terror attacks in Nairobi."

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