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Iranian security forces freed Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Pakistan

30 March 2010 [13:20] - TODAY.AZ
Iranian security forces have conducted a full-scale operation to release and return to Iran, an Iranian diplomat Hashmatullah Atarzade, kidnapped in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, the press service of the security forces of Iran reported.

The information says that additional details about the operation will be announced later.

In November last year, a group of unknown kidnapped an Iranian commercial attache Hashmatullah Atarzade in Peshawar city, northern Pakistan. Armed men opened fire on his car and forced him to stop. After killing the guard, who accompanied the diplomat, they quickly left the scene with the hostage.


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