Iranian Diplomat Freed in Iraq, Hopes Raised for Others
18369
An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in  Iraq last month was released by his captors on Monday but the  fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton  threatened with beheading, remained unclear.
290181
The United States left open the possibility on Wednesday that U.S. diplomats could meet one-on-one with Iranian officials on the sidelines of a conference of Iraq's neighbors in Baghdad this weekend.
145214
Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped a senior Iranian diplomat in Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi and Iranian officials said on Tuesday, and Tehran said it held U.S. forces responsible for his safety.
593283
Iran has released from jail peace activist Ali Shakeri, the last of four Iranian-Americans imprisoned in recent months after being accused of stirring up a revolution, a judiciary spokesman said Tuesday.
138947
The Irish government steps up its efforts to free Ken Bigley, held hostage in Iraq, by talking to diplomats from Iran and Jordan.
90278
Eight Chinese hostages freed by  guerrillas in Iraq at the weekend were in good spirits and  would return home soon, state media said on Monday.
88862
An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month has been released by his captors but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened with beheading, remained unclear on Tuesday.
10337
Iran, accused by Washington of backing militants in Iraq, is reviewing Baghdad's invitation to attend a regional conference on ways of easing tensions in Iran's neighbor, a senior official said on Wednesday.
286926
Iraq's prime minister announced plans to visit Iran on Monday, just days after his deputy returned from the country, accompanied by several top officials.
190027
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accepted an invitation to visit Baghdad, Iraq's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, a landmark trip that would make him the first leader of Iran to visit its former foe.
687148
TEHRAN - The Iranian-American who was freed from detention early yesterday was released after his family paid bail and has not yet been given permission to leave the country, a judiciary official said.
654925
Washington is sending a veteran Middle East hand. Tehran's envoy is a British-educated diplomat considered one of Iran's top analysts of the West. Combine that with a flexible agenda and a matchmaking Iraqi host &#151; and the international gathering Saturday to help steer Iraq's future also appears as a prime opportunity for some icebreaking overtures between Iran and the United States.
480827
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's leader and U.S. officials moved quickly Wednesday to squelch the idea a top female germ-warfare scientist for Saddam Hussein would be freed soon, after a senior Iraqi official said the decision had been made to release her...
553395
U.S. troops freed the eldest son of powerful Iraqi Shi'ite politician Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim on Friday after detaining him for several hours at a border checkpoint with Iran, Iraqi officials said.
760101
The United States has released one of about 10 Iranian prisoners it is holding in Iraq, U.S. forces and the Iranian embassy said on Wednesday.
320839
Iranian diplomats said they made their first visit Saturday to five Iranians that U.S. authorities are holding in Iraq on suspicion that they were training militants there.
182793
TEHRAN -- Iran confirmed it will take part in an international conference alongside the United States in Baghdad on Saturday, a gathering that Iraq hopes will break the ice between the bitter rivals to help end its bloody conflict.