Foreign Minister: Iraqi Release Of Kidnapped Iranian Official "Unrelated" To Hostage Situation

Foreign Minister: Iraqi Release Of Kidnapped Iranian Official "Unrelated" To Hostage Situation

An Iranian diplomat kidnapped by armed men wearing uniforms of the Iraqi Security forces was freed here Tuesday, Iraq's foreign minister said, adding that he was continuing to work to free five other Iranians held by American forces and was optimistic that they would be released soon.

The freeing of the diplomat is unrelated to the negotiations over the British sailors and marines seized by Iran for trespassing into their waters, the foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, said in an interview.

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