(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Syrian rebels said they will start executing a group of about 48 Shiite pilgrims from Iran if Tehran and Damascus do not comply with their demands, according to a video posted this week on YouTube.
The pilgrims were abducted in August.
In the video, a rebel officer -- dressed in camouflage and standing in front of what appears to be a group of hostages -- addresses the Iranian and Syrian governments.
The officer says his group has tried to negotiate with Syrian authorities for the hostages' release in exchange for that of rebels held in regime prisons, but those efforts failed "because of the reluctance of both the Iranian and Syrian regimes."
Therefore, he continues, "Unless they start releasing our people from their prisons and cease the shelling of the innocent civilians in our cities and the ongoing random slaughter, within 48 hours, starting from the moment this statement is read, we inform you that for every martyr who gets killed by the Syrian regime, we will kill one of the Iranian hostages."
In August, Iran's Foreign Ministry said it was working through diplomatic channels to free the hostages.
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6 October 2012 - 04:35
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Syrian rebels said they will start executing a group of about 48 Shiite pilgrims from Iran if Tehran and Damascus do not comply with their demands, according to a video posted this week on YouTube.
