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BAGHDAD, Nov 30 (AFP) - Four kidnapped Iranian pilgrims were released on
Wednesday, two days after they were seized by gunmen north of the Iraqi
capital, a diplomat at their embassy told AFP.
"The four have arrived at our consulate in Karbala" in southern Iraq, from
where they will be returned home, the diplomat said.
The four men were seized, along with two Iranian women, as they travelled in
a minibus near Balad, 75 kilometres (45 miles) north of the capital.
The two women were released unharmed on Tuesday.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranian pilgrims have travelled to Iraq since the
fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003 to visit Shiite holy shrines.
Wednesday, two days after they were seized by gunmen north of the Iraqi
capital, a diplomat at their embassy told AFP.
"The four have arrived at our consulate in Karbala" in southern Iraq, from
where they will be returned home, the diplomat said.
The four men were seized, along with two Iranian women, as they travelled in
a minibus near Balad, 75 kilometres (45 miles) north of the capital.
The two women were released unharmed on Tuesday.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranian pilgrims have travelled to Iraq since the
fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003 to visit Shiite holy shrines.