Terrorist jailed for part in Iranian embassy siege is living cushy life on benefits in Peckham – because he CANNOT be deported

A TERRORIST jailed for his part in the Iranian Embassy SAS siege now enjoys a cushy lifestyle on UK benefits.

Fowzi Nejad, 61, cannot be sent back to Iran so instead lives off hand-outs in Peckham, South London, home to Del Boy in TV’s Only Fools and Horses.

Nejad is the only surviving Iranian Embassy terrorist and pals say he laps up his “playboy” life.

The Iranian pretended to be a hostage when SAS troops stormed the building in 1980.

The chain-smoker now rakes in thousands of pounds a year in benefits here while living rent-free.

Ladies’ man Nejad also loves travelling up to the West End from his flat in Peckham, South London, where TV’s Del Boy Trotter lived.

A pal said: “He lives off benefits and is on disability because he has a bad back.

“He also loves a night out in the West End and he has an eye for the ladies.

“He will say, ‘I went out, had a drink and got some p****’.

“It’s a proper playboy lifestyle and he loves it.”

Nejad was one of six gunmen who raided the Iranian Embassy in South Kensington, West London, 37 years ago this week.

While the rest were killed six days later by SAS troops, Nejad was captured after pretending to be a hostage.

He was jailed for life at the Old Bailey for conspiracy to murder, false imprisonment and two charges of manslaughter.

After his release in 2008, British authorities ruled they could not deport him to Iran because it would breach the Human Rights Act.

Nejad, who says he feared execution, got a new name but conditions of his release meant he could not work or reveal his real identity.

Ex-army officer and MP Bob Stewart blasted: “He is damn lucky this state is decent enough to allow him to live here in comfort.

“We must be one of the few countries that would allow this.”

But former SAS sniper Robin Horsfall said: “He is in that situation because he had no choice.

“He served twice or three times as long as people convicted of atrocious murders in Northern Ireland.”