Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:13:03 GMT | PressTV
 A picture showing the four Iranian diplomats who were kidnapped in Lebanon in 1982 |
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement says he has evidence that the Iranian diplomats kidnapped in 1982 are in Israeli jails.
Speaking on Thursday, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah laid the blame for the disappearance of hundreds of people on Israel and criticized the Israelis for withholding information about their fate.
Nasrallah said investigations have found that the four Iranian diplomats who disappeared in Lebanon on July 4, 1982 - during the Israeli invasion of Beirut -- are still alive and languishing in Israeli prisons.
"We have evidence which shows that the four Iranian diplomats may still be in Israeli prisons," he said on Thursday.
"We have evidence which shows that the four Iranian diplomats may still be in Israeli prisons," he said on Thursday.
Israel claims that Ahmad Motevaselian, Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, Taghi Rastegar Moghadam and Kazem Akhavan who were abducted by the Lebanese Forces group -- now headed by Samir Geagea - were killed shortly after their abduction.
Tel Aviv has provided information about possible locations where the diplomats may have been buried.
Tel Aviv has provided information about possible locations where the diplomats may have been buried.
Nasrallah, however, said Israel is not a reliable source, arguing that the detainees that Israel previously claimed were dead were later found to be alive.
As the Lebanese Forces group had close cooperation with the Israelis in those times, there is a strong possibility that these diplomats were turned over to the Israeli side, Nasrallah added.
He went on to call on the Lebanese Forces group to disclose any information they may have regarding the missing Iranian officials, saying that the group is the only party that can shed light on the matter.
The Hezbollah leader said raising the issue of the missing Iranian diplomats "is only a humanitarian issue" and not intended to score political points against any faction in Lebanon.
As the Lebanese Forces group had close cooperation with the Israelis in those times, there is a strong possibility that these diplomats were turned over to the Israeli side, Nasrallah added.
He went on to call on the Lebanese Forces group to disclose any information they may have regarding the missing Iranian officials, saying that the group is the only party that can shed light on the matter.
The Hezbollah leader said raising the issue of the missing Iranian diplomats "is only a humanitarian issue" and not intended to score political points against any faction in Lebanon.
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