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Iranian Special Operatives Free Diplomat Abducted in Yemen

March 5, 2015
Speaking of Iran
Iranian Special Operatives Free Diplomat Abducted in Yemen
Iranian Special Operatives Free Diplomat Abducted in Yemen

THE NEW YORK TIMES

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Thursday that a team of special operatives has freed an Iranian diplomat abducted more than 19 months ago in Yemen, a rare acknowledgement by Tehran of an intel operation carried out on foreign soil.

The official IRNA news agency quoted deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian as saying that intelligence officers undertook a "difficult and complicated operation" to secure Nour Ahmad Nikbakht's freedom from the "hands of terrorists."

 

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