Abducted Iranian diplomats in Israeli regime jails: Envoy

ran’s ambassador to Beirut says the four Iranian diplomats who were abducted in Lebanon three decades ago are being held captive in Israeli regime jails.

According to Press TV, in a Thursday meeting with the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Lebanon, Yorg Montani, Ghazanfar Roknabadi said ample evidence and documents suggest the four men are still alive and held in Israeli regime’s dungeons.
He called on international organizations such as the Geneva-based ICRC to seriously follow-up on the issue.
Montani, for his part, gave assurances that the IRCS spares no effort in investigating the fate of the four kidnapped Iranian diplomats.
On July 4, 1982, Ahmad Motevaselian, Seyyed Mohsen Mousavi, Taqi Rastegar Moqaddam and Kazem Akhavan were kidnapped by a group of Israeli regime-backed gunmen at a checkpoint in northern Lebanon.
During the 15-year civil war in Lebanon (1975-1990), Christian and Muslim militias fought each other and conducted kidnappings.
The Lebanese forces militia headed by Samir Geagea was known for its close ties with Israel at the time and was responsible for handing over many Lebanese and foreigners to Israeli regime custody at the peak of Israeli regime’s invasion of Lebanon.