12 Sep 2024
Tuesday 20 August 2024 - 17:00
Story Code : 426774
Source : Tasnimnews

Iran pressing for release of 2 citizens held in Saudi Arabia

The Iran Project : An Iranian Foreign Ministry official had a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Tehran to push for the release of two Iranian Hajj pilgrims imprisoned by the kingdom.
Iran pressing for release of 2 citizens held in Saudi Arabia
Iran pressing for release of 2 citizens held in Saudi Arabia
According to The Iran Project, in the meeting on Sunday, August 18, the director general of consular affairs at Iran’s Foreign Ministry and the Saudi Ambassador Abdullah al-Anzi discussed the release of two Iranian prisoners in Saudi Arabia.

Highlighting the good relations between the two countries, the Saudi envoy expressed hope that the two Iranian pilgrims would soon return to Iran and their families, the ministry’s website reported.

The Saudi intelligence forces arrested a number of Iranian nationals during this year’s Hajj season. Two of them are still kept in custody in Saudi Arabia.
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