Iranâs intelligence minister has said detained Al Qaeda members whose citizenship has been revoked by their native countries will be tried in the Islamic Republic, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
âThe detainees whose citizenship has been withdrawn and there is no possibility to hand them over to other countries, will stand trial in Iran,â the Entekhab daily quoted Intelligence Minister. âTheir trial will follow normal legal procedures,â he said. Iran finally acknowledged last month that it was holding key Qaeda members who fled Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, but refused to name them. Tehran has already said it will not hand over any detained Qaeda members to Washington and denied reports that it was trying to strike a prisoner exchange deal with the US. |