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Iran frees three detained Belgians: report

Posted by Zand-Bon on Dec 9th, 2009 and filed under INTERNATIONAL NEWS FOCUS, News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

December 9, 2009

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TEHRAN – Iran has released three Belgians who were detained two months ago for illegally entering a prohibited area and gathering information, official media reported on Wednesday.

Iran’s IRNA news agency said the Belgian citizens were released and handed over on Tuesday to the Belgian ambassador in Tehran on the orders of Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi. It also named the Belgians, whose detentions had not been previously reported in Iran.

In Brussels, a Belgian Foreign Ministry spokesman said he had no comment at this stage.

Iranian media did not specify what kind of banned area the three Belgians had allegedly entered, but may have referred to military zones or areas where nuclear sites are located.

Iran is embroiled in a long-running dispute with the West over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Western countries suspect the programme is aimed at making bombs, a charge the Islamic Republic denies.

Last week, Iran freed five British yachtsmen who were detained on November 25 after their vessel strayed into Iranian waters in the Gulf. They were released after Iran said they had no “evil” intentions.

(Reporting by Ramin Mostsafavi, additional reporting by Jan Strupczewski in Brussels; writing by Fredrik Dahl; editing by )

1 Response for “Iran frees three detained Belgians: report”

  1. Chaya says:

    what about the three Americans who crossed over the border unintentionally some months ago???

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