Iranian women impersonating Mali and Liel Yahalomi arrested in Namibia

Two Iranian women arrested in Namibia after claiming to be Israeli were initially misidentified in Wednesday media reports as Israeli mother and daughter Mali and Liel Yahalomi, who were found in Argentina nearly two months ago.The two women were arrested after being found with fake Hungarian passports and claiming to be Israeli. After the passports were determined to be fraudulent, Namibian authorities contacted Israel's Consulate in South Africa to verify the women's identities.The women were subsequently found to be Iranian nationals with no connection to the Yahalomis, an Israeli mother and daughter whose disappearance sparked an international search before they were located in Argentina.Namibia rabbi: I realized immediately - these aren't Israelis, they're IranianRabbi Yosef Rahimi, the Chabad Lubavitch emissary in Namibia, told Walla that he immediately realized the two women were Iranian when he met them at the police station.