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The Iranian foreign minister has confirmed that former members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards were among the Iranians captured by Syrian rebels near Damascus.
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi denied they had any military role at present and reiterated that pilgrimage to Damascus shrines was the only purpose of their journey, the ISNA news agency reported.
"Some of those pilgrims used to be Revolutionary Guards members, some of them are retired servicemen," the minister said.
A total of 48 Iranian pilgrims who were traveling on a bus from the Damascus International Airport were abducted by armed insurgents on Sunday.
Their captors said the Iranians were apprehended while on a reconnaissance mission on behalf of the Syrian Army.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian "strongly" denied on Monday that the captured Iranians were members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
On Wednesday, Salehi requested the United Nations to assist in freeing the Iranians, saying that three of them had already been killed.
For almost 1.5 years Syria has been in a state of civil war as a popular movement has risen up against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as part of the Arab Spring revolutions.
US President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Iran, saying the country is under close surveillance and a "massive fleet" is being deployed to the Gulf region
Iran is reportedly preparing to sever most of its connections to the global internet, allowing only regime-approved individuals to maintain access, according to Iranian digital rights groups.
US President Donald Trump has adopted a cautious stance on possible military action against Iran after receiving assurances that Iranian authorities have slowed the deadly crackdown on protesters and will not proceed with executions
The democratic world must take a clear stand with the Iranian people in the face of Tehran’s crackdown, Israel’s ambassador to Bulgaria, Yosef Levi-Sfari
US President Donald Trump said he had received assurances that Iranian authorities have stopped killing protesters and will not proceed with planned executions, suggesting a possible easing of tensions after days of heightened rhetoric
Thousands of people are now feared to have lost their lives during Iran’s violent suppression of weeks-long anti-government protests, as the scale of the crackdown becomes clearer despite severe restrictions on information coming out of the country
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for Ukraine’s army, numbering around one million troops, to serve as the core of a proposed European joint military force, he told journalists on January 23
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sharply criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following his address at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Orban said that Zelensky had “crossed a line,” targeting Hungary personally and the European Union
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized Greece’s commitment to a unified European stance while speaking with national media following a leaders’ meeting in Brussels.
European leaders gathered in Brussels yesterday, sending a clear message: there is no turning back
The United States has formally withdrawn from the World Health Organization, citing what it called a “bloated and inefficient bureaucracy” and failures that harmed the American public
The Kremlin has reiterated that a lasting peace in Ukraine is unattainable without resolving the territorial disputes in the country’s east, according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.
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