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| Iran summons Yemen envoy over diplomat killing | |
| 2014-01-19 | |
The Foreign Ministry reminded the Yemeni Embassy official that under international rules and regulations, governments are responsible for the security of foreign diplomats. Tehran also called on Sana'a to immediately investigate the attack and bring to justice those behind it. On Saturday, the commercial attaché of the Iranian Embassy in Yemen was shot by members of a terrorist group outside the Iranian ambassador's residence in Sana'a. "Unidentified assailants in a van fired on the diplomat three times as he was leaving the ambassador's residence near a shopping center in Hadda," a Yemeni police source told AFP. The assailants first tried to kidnap the Iranian diplomat but when they faced resistance, opened fire on him. The diplomat who was seriously injured succumbed to his Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham strongly condemned the terrorist attack, saying that Yemeni authorities are investigating the incident. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |