16 June 2010 - 19:30

Information Minister Heidar Moslehi on Tuesday explained success of operation to release Iranian diplomat Heshmatollah Attarzadeh who had been kidnapped in Pakistan in 2008.

Speaking to reporters, the information minister said the Iranian diplomat was abducted by armed groups in Peshawar, Pakistan, on November 13, 2008.

Regretfully, the so-called advocates of human rights are root cause of insecurity for countries in the region, he said.

He said that the US, Mossad, along with intelligent services of the European countries under baseless pretexts have created numerous problems in the region.

The Iranian diplomat was abducted by an armed grouped affiliated to Mossad and the US, he said adding that Iran had urged Pakistan to help release him but they failed to take action against intelligent services of global arrogance in their own territory.

Therefore, the Iranian information ministry had no option except for direct action to release its kidnapped diplomat through a very complicated rescue operation, he said.

He said that Mossad and CIA have been stunned by such complicated operation by Iranian secret police.

“Much to our regret, countries in the region are now cooperating with Mossad and the US intelligence service but the Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to seriously deal with such plots,” he said.

Iran is of high potentials in terms of intelligence operation inside the country and could be a good help for the entire region, he underlined.

The Iranian information minister also advised the intelligent services of the regional states to watch out the activities of the US and Britain which generate problems and insecurity.

He said that religious rift between the US and the European states are much severe than that of the regional states, but, they have triggered strife between religious nations in the region.

He advised the countries in the region to exercise vigilance to deal with the plots hatched by the global arrogance in the region.

Mossad, the US along with their terrorist groups and bandits are willing to create insecurity in the region to attain their sinister goals, he said.

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