By IRNA,
Beirut : On the occasion of 26th anniversary of kidnapping Iranian diplomats in Beirut, Iran’s embassy here issued a statement which underlined necessity of effort to release them.
The statement said, “26 years have passed since that bitter and sorrowful event, but there still exist many ambiguities concerning it.”
It said, “The issue of releasing these diplomats is not a political issue but a human problem and international bodies should react to the issue upon their duties and commitments.”
The statement underlined that the kidnapped diplomats, upon Geneva convention and Vienna Treaty, enjoy diplomatic immunity and the Zionist regime would be responsible for their protection.
The embassy said the issue of diplomats freedom will be followed in international and regional contacts.
Iran’s then charge d’affaires to Beirut Mohsen Mousavi, Iranian diplomat Taqi Rastegar-Moqaddam, the country’s military attache Ahmad Motevasselian and IRNA photojournalist Kazem Akhavan were kidnapped in Beirut in 1982 while being escorted by the Lebanese police on their way back home from a mission in northern Lebanon.
Witnesses and information indicate the diplomats are still in the Zionist regime prisons.