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In early March 2015 news broke that the Iranian diplomat Nour-Ahmad Nikbakht, who was kidnapped in Sanaa, Yemen, in July 2013, was released and had returned home to Tehran.〔AFP, Kidnapped Iranian diplomat rescued in Yemen, Al-Jazeera, 5 March 2015; http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/kidnapped-iranian-diplomat-rescued-yemen-150305101930308.html〕 Nikbakht was kidnapped while leaving his home to go the Iranian Embassy by gunmen who had blocked the road.〔Sam Wilkin, Mohammed Ghobari and Sami Aboudi, Kidnapped Iranian diplomat held in Yemen since 2013 freed, Reuters, 5 March 2015; http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/05/us-iran-yemen-diplomat-idUSKBN0M10I020150305#zy4Sl56DkzSt5o3l.97〕〔Press TV, Iranian diplomat abducted in Yemen released, returns home, 5 March 2015; http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2015/03/05/400318/Abducted-Iran-diplomat-released-〕 He was held in a remote area between the southern provinces Shabwa and Baida.〔AFP, Kidnapped Iranian diplomat rescued in Yemen, Al-Jazeera, 5 March 2015; http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/kidnapped-iranian-diplomat-rescued-yemen-150305101930308.html〕〔BBC, Iranian ‘operation’ in Yemen frees kidnapped diplomat, 5 March 2015; http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31744613/ref〕 == Narratives == The official Iranian narrative is that a special team from the Ministry of Intelligence was able to rescue Nikbakht from clutches of terrorists in a series of complex and difficult operations in a very particular part of Yemen. The Iranian minister of Intelligence Mahmoud Alavi said that the operation was executed with the fewest possible casualties.〔AFP, Kidnapped Iranian diplomat rescued in Yemen, Al-Jazeera, 5 March 2015; http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/kidnapped-iranian-diplomat-rescued-yemen-150305101930308.html〕 According to Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran had set up a special taskforce led by the Ministry of Intelligence to work toward Nikbakht's freedom. Some Yemeni officials acknowledged this narrative.〔Sam Wilkin, Mohammed Ghobari and Sami Aboudi, Kidnapped Iranian diplomat held in Yemen since 2013 freed, Reuters, 5 March 2015; http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/05/us-iran-yemen-diplomat-idUSKBN0M10I020150305#zy4Sl56DkzSt5o3l.97〕〔Press TV, Iranian diplomat abducted in Yemen released, returns home, 5 March 2015; http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2015/03/05/400318/Abducted-Iran-diplomat-released-〕〔Arafat Madabish, Release of Iranian diplomat sign of Tehran’s "blatant" involvement in Yemen: official, Asharq al Awsat, 6 March 2015; http://english.aawsat.com/2015/03/article55342091/release-of-iranian-diplomat-sign-of-tehrans-blatant-involvement-in-yemen-official〕 A second narrative came from inside Yemen. The Iranian diplomat Nikbakht was freed in a prisoner exchange that took place in a third country. Yemeni sources said that no rescue operation had taken place on Yemeni territory. "The operation was in another country, where a group of terrorists was held." One of those exchanged in the release was reported to be a leader of the Islamic State.〔Sam Wilkin, Mohammed Ghobari and Sami Aboudi, Kidnapped Iranian diplomat held in Yemen since 2013 freed, Reuters, 5 March 2015; http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/05/us-iran-yemen-diplomat-idUSKBN0M10I020150305#zy4Sl56DkzSt5o3l.97〕 On 14 September 2014 Sky News broke the story that the Iranian diplomat Nikbakht was released in exchange for five senior al-Qaeda leaders.〔Sky News, Terror Fears As Iran Frees Al Qaeda Members, 14 September 2015; http://news.sky.com/story/1552303/terror-fears-as-iran-frees-al-qaeda-members〕 The five were Abu Khayr al-Masri, Sayf al-Adl, Abu Mohammed al-Masri, Khalid al-Aruri and Sari Shihab. The five were believed to be still in Iran. Mainstream Western media, including the New York Times〔Rukmini Callimachi and Eric Schmitt, Iran released top members of Al Qaeda in a Trade, New York Times, 17 September 2015; http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/18/world/middleeast/iran-released-top-members-of-al-qaeda-in-a-trade.html〕 and the Washington Post〔Adam Goldman, Top al-Qaeda operatives freed in prisoner swat with Iran, Washington Post, September 2015; https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/top-al-qaeda-operatives-freed-in-prisoner-swap-with-iran/2015/09/18/02bc58e2-5e0c-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html〕 confirmed the story of the release of the five al-Qaeda leaders. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Release of Five Al Qaeda leaders by Iran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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