Iranian Diplomat Freed in Iraq, Hopes Raised for Other
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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.
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A German tourist who was arrested with a Frenchman after their boat allegedly strayed into Iranian waters has been freed from prison in Iran's capital, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Monday.
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TEHRAN (MNA) -- Iranian diplomat Fereidun Jahani who was kidnapped in Iraq was freed Monday and is safe in the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, the Foreign Ministry Press Department announced in a press release on Monday.
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Iran confirms that one of its diplomats has been kidnapped by gunmen in Iraq's capital, Baghdad.
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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.
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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.
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Gunmen wearing uniforms similar to those of Iraqi security forces have kidnapped an Iranian diplomat, according to Iranian news reports, and Iran says the gunmen "acted under U.S. supervision."
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Iranian diplomat Fereidoun Jahani,  kidnapped in Iraq last month, has been released, Iran's state  television reported on Monday.
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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.
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An Iraqi group has released two Indonesian women captives who were handed over to the United Arab Emirates&#39; embassy in Baghdad, Arab television reported.
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Iranian-Canadian intellectual and author Ramin Jahanbegloo is freed after nearly four months in custody, agencies report.
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US troops have released a group of Iranians who were detained in a raid on a hotel in Baghdad.
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Formation of a national unity government in Baghdad has cleared the way for proposed direct talks between the United States and Iran about the situation inside Iraq, U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said Sunday.
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A Polish woman kidnapped in Iraq last month has been freed and flown to Poland and said she was treated well, raising hopes for other foreign hostages.
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Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms seized a senior Iranian diplomat as he drove through a central Baghdad neighborhood, officials said Tuesday.
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Iran has released an Iranian-American academic from prison but judiciary officials said he was not free to leave the country, the official IRNA news agency reported on Thursday.
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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.