Yemen: Gunmen abduct Iran embassy attaché in Sana’a

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Unknown gunmen have abducted the administrative attaché to the Iranian embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a while heading to his work, al-Alam correspondent reports.Yemeni security sources confirmed that gunmen abducted a clerk working with the Iranian embassy in Sana’a.The Iranian clerk was driving through the diplomatic neighborhood in southern Sana’a on Sunday when the gunmen stopped his car and forced him to get off, before taking him to an unknown place, the sources said.Tribal groups in Yemen often abduct foreigners and diplomats to put pressure on the Yemeni government.Yemen suffers from insecurity and political tensions since the dismissal of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh after a popular revolution called for the overthrow of the regime./129