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Lebanese Lawyers to Pursue Case of Kidnapped Iranian Diplomats
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi announced on Sunday that Tehran plans to set up a committee of prominent Lebanese lawyers to pursue the case with the fate of the four Iranian diplomats kidnapped in Lebanon in 1982.
"For the first time we will set up a legal committee of prominent Lebanese lawyers to study and work on the case of these four individuals," Salehi told reporters.
Asked about the function and duties of these lawyers, Salehi mentioned that the committee will "compile a comprehensive legal case and submit it to the Lebanese (governmental) bodies".
On Wednesday, Lebanon's Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour in a meeting with Advisor to the Iranian President Maryam Mojtahedzadeh stressed that Beirut is committed to helping Tehran to pursue the case with the fate of the four diplomats.
"I will try to find a way to resolve and finalize this case through Lebanon's internal channels and also international authorities," Mansour said during the meeting.
During the meeting, Mojtahedzadeh - who is also the wife of one the abducted diplomats, Seyyed Mohsen Mousavi - called on Lebanon's Foreign Ministry to play an "effective role" in determining the fate of the diplomats.
On July 4, 1982, four Iranian diplomats - Ahmad Motevaselian, Seyyed Mohsen Mousavi, Taqi Rastegar Moqaddam and Kazem Akhavan - were kidnapped by a group of Israel-backed gunmen at an inspection point in Northern Lebanon and were later handed over to the Israeli army.
Israel has released contradictory reports on the issue. The Zionist regime alleged in a statement last year that the diplomats had never been surrendered to Israel. Elsewhere it claimed in response to a request put forward by the Lebanese Hezbollah group that the four are already dead.
"For the first time we will set up a legal committee of prominent Lebanese lawyers to study and work on the case of these four individuals," Salehi told reporters.
Asked about the function and duties of these lawyers, Salehi mentioned that the committee will "compile a comprehensive legal case and submit it to the Lebanese (governmental) bodies".
On Wednesday, Lebanon's Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour in a meeting with Advisor to the Iranian President Maryam Mojtahedzadeh stressed that Beirut is committed to helping Tehran to pursue the case with the fate of the four diplomats.
"I will try to find a way to resolve and finalize this case through Lebanon's internal channels and also international authorities," Mansour said during the meeting.
During the meeting, Mojtahedzadeh - who is also the wife of one the abducted diplomats, Seyyed Mohsen Mousavi - called on Lebanon's Foreign Ministry to play an "effective role" in determining the fate of the diplomats.
On July 4, 1982, four Iranian diplomats - Ahmad Motevaselian, Seyyed Mohsen Mousavi, Taqi Rastegar Moqaddam and Kazem Akhavan - were kidnapped by a group of Israel-backed gunmen at an inspection point in Northern Lebanon and were later handed over to the Israeli army.
Israel has released contradictory reports on the issue. The Zionist regime alleged in a statement last year that the diplomats had never been surrendered to Israel. Elsewhere it claimed in response to a request put forward by the Lebanese Hezbollah group that the four are already dead.
