In a Dangerous Game of Cat and Mouse, Iran Eyes New Targets in Africa Fifteen people arrested in Ethiopia were part of what American and Israeli officials said was a foiled Iranian plot against diplomats from the United Arab Emirates. The downtown business district in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, where 15 people were recently arrested in what Ethiopia said was a plot against the Emirati Embassy.Credit...Mulugeta Ayene for The New York Times Published Feb. 15, 2021Updated Feb. 22, 2021 NAIROBI, Kenya — When Ethiopia’s intelligence agency recently uncovered a cell of 15 people it said were casing the embassy of the United Arab Emirates, along with a cache of weapons and explosives, it claimed to have foiled a major attack with the potential to sow havoc in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.