Five British hostages who were kidnapped in Iraq almost a year ago are being held inside Iran by Revolutionary Guards, according to two separate sources in the Middle East and London.
The hostages were handed over to the Revolutionary Guards by their Iraqi kidnappers last November, the sources believe. One of the sources said they were being held in the western Iranian city of Hamadan.
If confirmed, the involvement of Revolutionary Guards would be seen as evidence that senior figures in the Iranian government had backed the decision to hold them in the country.
However, British officials said that while there had been rumours that the five were in Iran, they had seen no evidence to support the idea.
The hostages are said to be in good physical shape but spending much of their time in solitary confinement.
According to one of the sources, they are under the control of Mohammad Safaei, 41, a senior Revolutionary Guard colonel who was previously in charge of special operations in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.
Not to worry. I’m sure this is a top UN/Red Crescent concern.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 4/27 @ 10:35 am #
Which would be an Act of War, would it not?
Comment by Dan Collins on 4/27 @ 11:16 am #
Oh, yes, N.O’B, I think it would qualify.
Comment by The Thin Man on 4/27 @ 11:37 am #
Act of War – don’t make laugh. Under the current regime here in the UK, Amadinadinnerjacket could come over a shoot Sir Jock Stirrup through the head on the floor of Parliament, and our Labour overlords would look for a “diplomatic solution”.
We seem to have caved on Piracy too….
“While the French were flying six of the captured pirates to Paris to face trial, the British Foreign Office issued a directive to the once vaunted Royal Navy not to detain any pirates, because doing so could violate their human rights. British warships patrolling the pirate-infested waters off Somalia were advised that captured pirates could claim asylum in Britain and that those who were returned to Somalia faced beheading for murder or a hand chopped off for theft under Islamic law.”
Can I come and live in your country? ’cause mine seems to be coughing up blood.
Comment by Merovign on 4/27 @ 2:23 pm #
Thin Man: Sure, you’re quite welcome. You can also avoid a lot of paperwork if you go to Mexico and sneak across the border. See the Mexican consul on the way in for a pamphlet giving directions.
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 4/27 @ 2:26 pm #
Can I come and live in your country? ’cause mine seems to be coughing up blood.
Yeah, when the French navy is more hard-assed than the British one, it’s a bad, bad sign.
Comment by Cowboy on 4/29 @ 2:12 am #
I’m sure this is a top UN/Red Crescent concern
Shit, now the only hope is if the hostages are secretly hoarding huge stockpiles of gold, arms, ivory, or young women.
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