Back اختطاف الدبلوماسيين الإيرانيين (1982) Arabic ربوده شدن چهار ایرانی در لبنان Persian Enlèvement de quatre diplomates iraniens au Liban French חטיפת הדיפלומטים האיראנים HE Penculikan diplomat Iran 1982 Malay פיר איראנע דיפלאמאטן YI

1982 kidnapping of Iranian diplomats

Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982)
Part of Lebanese Civil War
Date4 July 1982 (1982-07-04)
LocationEl Berbara, Lebanon
MissingAhmad Motevaselian, Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, Taghi Rastegar Moghadam, Kazem Akhavan
InquiriesLebanese government, Iranian government, Sayyed Raed Mousavi, Nazih Mansour
SuspectsLebanese Forces
Accused Lebanese Forces

Three Iranian diplomats as well as a reporter for Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) were abducted in Lebanon on 4 July 1982.[1] None of them have been seen since.[2] The missing individuals are Ahmad Motevaselian, military attaché for Iran's embassy in Beirut; Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, chargé d'affaires at the embassy; Taghi Rastegar Moghadam, an embassy employee; and Kazem Akhavan, IRNA photojournalist.[3] Motevaselian was also an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) member in command of an Iranian expeditionary force in Lebanon.

They were stopped at a checkpoint in northern Lebanon by the Lebanese Forces commanded by Samir Geagea.[4] Speculation about their fate has circulated since their abduction. Iranian officials believe that they were handed over to Israel after they were kidnapped and are still alive and being held in Israeli territory.[5][3] Israel said that the diplomats were captured by militia under Elie Hobeika.[6] The Israeli newspaper Haaretz said that the diplomats were believed to be executed by Phalange shortly after their abduction.[7] Geagea as well as Hobeika's bodyguard Robert Hatem also said that they were executed while under the Phalange's custody.[8]: 157–159 [9]

The diplomats' disappearance is regularly commemorated in Iran. Both the Iranian and Lebanese governments have tried to gain information about their whereabouts.[7] According to Nazih Mansour, former member of the Lebanese parliament, the case has turned into a political issue, rather than a judicial one since some of the involved people such as Samir Geagea have become political figures.[10]

  1. ^ Staff writers. "Islamic Revolution Document Center – Iranian Diplomats kidnapping by Israeli agents in Lebanon". www.irdc.ir. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. ^ Staff. "Berri meets families of kidnapped Iranian diplomats". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Envoy: Iranian abducted diplomats alive in Israel". Al-Alam. 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
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