Showing posts with label release. Show all posts
Showing posts with label release. Show all posts

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Afghan police: Taliban release hostages in Iran (AP)

KABUL, Afghanistan-Iran-Afghanistan road construction workers kidnapped earlier this week in Western Afghanistan, the Group has been released, police said Wednesday.


At least 12 Iranians, two Afghans and the crew were driving towards the work of the site to the remote part of the province of Farah on Monday when the men were the PSG1 and action taken. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and threatened to kill the men off, one at a time, unless the company stopped work on the road.


The Government militia executed projects such as roads, on a regular basis, the Central Government refused and said to those who are working on these projects are collaborators, not civilians as icons.


But the officials of all the captives could not obtain a local Office of the President of the publishing of the elders, who have acted as intermediaries with the Militia, the police chief said the province through the General Sayed Mohammad.


The three men were released late Tuesday, and Wednesday, the rest of the Mohammad said. He said that 13 of the Iranians had taken place, although the Iranian Government announced that only 12 of its citizens, the action taken. In the event of a conflict the numbers, the reason was not clear.


Terms for the release of the captives were not submitted, and no redemption was paid, Mohammad said.


The Iranian company, called Jahidi Nasri Tehran, caused by the eligibility period of producing 75 miles (121 kilometers) and is ready for the road of Farah, the provincial Ministry of public works officials about half.


 

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Iran ' to release 80-year-old opposition head ' (AFP)

TEHRAN (AFP)-Ebrahim Yazdi, the head of the 80-year-old Liberal Party, which was banned last October 1, was published in the prison on Sunday, the State news agency IRNA reported.

Yazdi, a former Foreign Minister, were arrested along with several other members of the free movement of the city of Isfahan in Iran.

He was also arrested in June 2009 during the wave of unrest that followed the disputed the claim of the Islamic Republic of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said the election was due to massive fraud.

IRNA also said Yazdi, who served in the 1979 Islamic revolution that overthrew his Government, in due course, the first leader of his party, his Office announced, without giving any reason.

In the meantime, the opposition said at least 20 sites in the opposition figures arrested in the last two years, the terms and conditions should be released pass the Iranian new year holiday from Monday onwards, members of their families moving within the smuggled convicted.

They must return to jail after the holidays in early April.

Thousands of people were arrested in the demonstrations against Ahmadinejad in 2009 were sentenced to prison terms and dozens, including the Chairman of the political opponents, journalists and other activists.


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