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| US frees Iranian prisoner held in Iraq |
| 2007-12-20 |
| BAGHDAD - The United States has released one of about 10 Iranian prisoners it is holding in Iraq, US forces and the Iranian embassy said on Wednesday. The embassy named the prisoner as Hayder Alami, while US forces gave his name as Hadir Alwai Mohammed. Both said the prisoner had been held since July 2004 and was freed on Tuesday. The US detention of Iranians in Iraq is one of the issues dividing the two countries. The United States freed nine Iranian prisoners on Nov. 9 and said at the time that it had held 20. A US military spokeswoman said US forces were still holding “approximately 10” Iranians after Tuesday’s release. Five of the Iranians that US forces have held have been a particular bone of contention, because Teheran said they were diplomats while Washington said they aided militants. Two of them were among those freed on Nov. 9. |
| Posted by:Steve White |