1982 kidnapping of Iranian diplomats

Unsolved kidnapping incident during the Lebanese Civil War July 2022 June 2016 Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982) yes 1982 07 4 El Berbara, Lebanon 1982 Lebanon War and Lebanese Civil War Ahmad MotevaselianSeyed Mohsen MousaviTaghi Rastegar MoghadamKazem Akhavan Lebanese governmentIranian governmentSayyed Raed MousaviNazih Mansour Flag of the Lebanese Forces.svg Lebanese Forces Flag of the Lebanese Forces.svg Lebanese Forces Three Iranian diplomats as well as a reporter for Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) were abducted in Lebanon on 4 July 1982.Staff writers Islamic Revolution Document Center – Iranian Diplomats kidnapping by Israeli agents in Lebanon http://www.irdc.ir/en/calendar/409/default.aspx www.irdc.ir 18 May 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160803061454/http://www.irdc.ir/en/calendar/409/default.aspx 3 August 2016 dmy-all None of them have been seen since.Staff Berri meets families of kidnapped Iranian diplomats http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Jul-09/263271-berri-meets-families-of-kidnapped-iranian-diplomats.ashx 18 May 2016 The Daily Star 4 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160804013549/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Jul-09/263271-berri-meets-families-of-kidnapped-iranian-diplomats.ashx live The missing individuals are Ahmad Motevaselian, (an attache for the Iranian embassy in Beirut); Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, (the chargé d'affaires at the Iranian embassy); Taghi Rastegar Moghadam (who was an Iranian embassy employee), and Kazem Akhavan, IRNA photojournalist.Envoy: Iranian abducted diplomats alive in Israel http://en.alalam.ir/news/1491805 18 May 2016 Al-Alam 5 July 2013 24 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160624084148/http://en.alalam.ir/news/1491805 live Motevaselian was also an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) member in command of an Iranian expeditionary force in Lebanon. They were stopped at a checkpoint in northern Lebanon by the Lebanese Forces commanded by Samir Geagea. Speculation about their fate has circulated since their abduction. Iranian officials believe that they were handed over to Israel after they were kidnapped and are still alive and being held in Israeli territory. Israel said that the diplomats were captured by militia under Elie Hobeika. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz said that the diplomats were believed to be executed by Phalange shortly after their abduction. Geagea as well as Hobeika's bodyguard Robert Hatem also said that they were executed while under the Phalange's custody.157–159 The diplomats' disappearance is regularly commemorated in Iran. Both the Iranian and Lebanese governments have tried to gain information about their whereabouts. According to Nazih Mansour, former member of the Lebanese parliament, the case has turned into a political issue, rather than a judicial one since some of the involved people such as Samir Geagea have become political figures. Background During the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Ahmad Motevaselian, a military attaché for Iran's embassy in Beirut; Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, chargé d'affaires at the embassy; and Taghi Rastegar Moghadam, an embassy employee, were sent on diplomatic mission to LebanonKarami Arash Tehran accuses Israel of holding four Iranians who disappeared 34 years ago http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/05/iran-iraq-war-lebanon-hostage-ahmad-motevaselian.html 21 June 2016 Al-Monitor 25 May 2016 en-us 17 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160617143745/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/05/iran-iraq-war-lebanon-hostage-ahmad-motevaselian.html live along with Kazem Akhavan, an IRNA photojournalist covering the events in Lebanon. Ahmad Motevaselian was the best-known of the abductees because of his service in the Iran–Iraq War. The 27th Mohammad Rasoul-Allah Brigade, under his command, played an important role in Liberation of Khorramshahr, a "turning point" in the war. According to the US State Department and Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Motevaselian was in command of the IRGC expeditionary force supporting Shia militias like Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley to fight against the Israeli invasion.586 https://books.google.com/books?id=9nFyZaZGthgC&pg=PA586 Terrorism in Context Martha Crenshaw Penn State Press 2010 978-0-271-04442-2 30 January 2017 15 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170215193434/https://books.google.com/books?id=9nFyZaZGthgC&pg=PA586 livehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/05/04/us-a-stubborn-child-iranian-president-says/0f29f52e-f6af-47ad-ba3f-39cc91b35455/ U.S. a 'stubborn' child, Iranian President says Nora Boustany May 4, 1990 The Washington Post 30 January 2017 27 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170827232333/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/05/04/us-a-stubborn-child-iranian-president-says/0f29f52e-f6af-47ad-ba3f-39cc91b35455/ livehttp://jcpa.org/irans-new-defense-minister-behind-the-1983-attack-on-the-u-s-marine-corps-barracks-in-beirut/ Iran's New Defense Minister: Behind the 1983 Attack on the U.S. Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut Shimon Shapira Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs November 18, 2013 Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs 30 January 2017 25 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170125134907/http://jcpa.org/irans-new-defense-minister-behind-the-1983-attack-on-the-u-s-marine-corps-barracks-in-beirut/ livehttp://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA614154 Understanding the Iran-Hezbollah Nexus from the Perspective of Operational Art Qureshi Muhammad A December 4, 2014 1–2 School of Advanced Military Studies 30 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20110717145048/http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord 17 July 2011 dead According to Mohsen Rezai, currently secretary of the Expediency Council, he had been chosen to lead the Iranian expeditionary force in Lebanon because of his success in crushing the 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran.https://www.aei.org/publication/brigadier-general-qassem-suleimani-a-biography/ Ali Alfoneh January 24, 2011 American Enterprise Institute Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani: A Biography AEI 30 January 2017 23 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161223121835/http://www.aei.org/publication/brigadier-general-qassem-suleimani-a-biography/ live Lebanese Phalanges Party was a Christian militia operating in Lebanon at the time, allied to Israel. Israeli–Phalange relations began 1948 and reached its climax in mid-1970s.Black Ian Morris Benny Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services 1991 Grove Press 978-0-8021-3286-4 https://books.google.com/books?id=FkyMsycbemEC&pg=PA580 4 July 2017 en 9 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211109215553/https://books.google.com/books?id=FkyMsycbemEC&pg=PA580 live582 At the time of the kidnapping, Israel was besieging west of Beirut.Bergman Ronen The Secret War with Iran: The 30-Year Clandestine Struggle Against the World's Most Dangerous Terrorist Power 2008 Simon and Schuster 978-1-4165-6490-4 https://books.google.com/books?id=NkxZcHL1xdYC&q=Lebanese+Phalanges+Party+israel+iranian+diplomats 3 July 2017 en 9 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211109215554/https://books.google.com/books?id=NkxZcHL1xdYC&q=Lebanese+Phalanges+Party+israel+iranian+diplomats live156 Kidnapping Amid the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982,http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Sep-26/149716-iranians-kidnapped-in-lebanon-in-1982-in-israel-ahmadinejad.ashx#axzz1pxCWpq2f Iranians kidnapped in Lebanon in 1982 in Israel: Ahmadinejad The Daily Star Newspaper 26 September 2011 23 March 2012 13 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160413043509/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Sep-26/149716-iranians-kidnapped-in-lebanon-in-1982-in-israel-ahmadinejad.ashx#axzz1pxCWpq2f live the four Iranian diplomats were traveling from Iran's embassy in Damascus to Beirut.The Islamic Republic News Agency Saturday called on international... http://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/08/07/The-Islamic-Republic-News-Agency-Saturday-called-on-international/3621397540800/ 16 January 2017 UPI 18 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118032610/http://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/08/07/The-Islamic-Republic-News-Agency-Saturday-called-on-international/3621397540800/ liveFathi Hasan ali Akhavan, us and others http://www3.irna.ir/fa/News/82137396/ 16 January 2017 Islamic Republic News Agency 18 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118032906/http://www3.irna.ir/fa/News/82137396/ dead On the highway between Jounieh and Beirut,157 after reaching the El Berbara checkpoint in northern Mount Lebanon,Hatem Robert Maroun From Israel to Damascus : the painful road of blood, betrayal, and deception 1999 Pride International Pub. United States 0964430436 1st http://soc.culture.lebanon.narkive.com/suQrd3qW/the-fate-of-the-4-iranian-diplomats 5 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170705134833/http://soc.culture.lebanon.narkive.com/suQrd3qW/the-fate-of-the-4-iranian-diplomats 5 July 2017 6 dead dmy-all Lebanese Phalange forces headed by Samir Geagea stopped and detained the diplomats. According to the Rai al-Youm on-line newspaper, Biar Rizq, known as "Akram", and Abdeh Raji, known as "Captain", were involved in the abduction, with the latter commanding the checkpoint.157 According to Lebanese judiciary sources, the abducted individuals were imprisoned under the supervision of Elie Hobeika, then a Phalangist, in Karantina, BeirutIran said that four Iranians kidnapped in 1982 are alive https://www.dailystar.com.lb/GetArticleBody.aspx?id=9446&fromgoogle=1 Daily Star 5 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170705132625/https://www.dailystar.com.lb/GetArticleBody.aspx?id=9446&fromgoogle=1 5 July 2017 dead dmy-all for 20 days and were moved to the Adonis prison in Beirut.Thirty years with hands closed; A narration from the life of the four diplomats http://www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=13910417001033 3 February 2017 Fars News Agency fa 2013 4 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170204165859/http://www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=13910417001033 dead Fate of abducted diplomats Israeli detention speculation In the aftermath of the incident, Iran accused Israel of kidnapping and holding the diplomats in their jails, and called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to clarify their whereabouts.Iran urges UN to pursue issue of diplomats abducted in Lebanon http://www.irdiplomacy.ir/en/page/1949545/Iran+urges+UN+to+pursue+issue+of+diplomats+abducted+in+Lebanon.html 18 May 2016 www.irdiplomacy.ir Iran Diplomacy 4 July 2015 3 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160603061052/http://www.irdiplomacy.ir/en/page/1949545/Iran+urges+UN+to+pursue+issue+of+diplomats+abducted+in+Lebanon.html live In November 1994, Iranian ambassador in Lebanon, Homayoun Alizadeh, said that the four abductees were held alive in Israeli prisons.156 Similarly, Ghazanfar Roknabadi, former Iranian ambassador in Lebanon, said that there were "concrete evidences" proving that they were alive, held in Israel.Abadi: Four kidnapped Iranian diplomats are still alive in Israel https://www.mtv.com.lb/en/News/221347 18 May 2016 MTV Lebanon 4 July 2013 11 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160611172937/http://mtv.com.lb/en/News/221347 live The assertion was repeated years later by Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement,July 2021 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's ex-president,Kahn Gabe A-Jad: Israel Holding Iranian Diplomats Since 1982 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/148293 23 June 2016 Arutz Sheva 26 September 2011 9 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160809090806/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/148293 live and Iran's Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehghan. The Iranian Parliament speaker's senior advisor in July 2017 argued that the kidnapped Iranian diplomats are in Tel Aviv's prison and have not been killed, according to the Tehran Times. https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/414898/Evidence-submitted-to-UN-proves-Iranian-diplomats-were-abducted Evidence submitted to UN proves Iranian diplomats were abducted in 1982: ambassador. 8 July 2017 9 December 2019 9 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191209114715/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/414898/Evidence-submitted-to-UN-proves-Iranian-diplomats-were-abducted live In 1997 the Prisoners' Friends Association, an Israel-based prisoners' aid organization, said that a released prisoner had seen the four disappeared Iranians in Atlit Prison in Israel two years previously, which was denied by a spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister.https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/MDE15/018/1997/en/ ISRAEL/SOUTH LEBANON; Israel's Forgotten Hostages: Lebanese Detainees in Israel and Khiam Detention Centre Amnesty International 9 July 1997 3 February 2017 4 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170204092215/https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/MDE15/018/1997/en/ live Israel has said it does not know what happened to the diplomats and that it believes that they were kidnapped by a Lebanese militant group and executed shortly after their abduction. According to the Iranian Fars News Agency, Israel has made contradictory comments on the issue by rejecting the allegation of diplomats being surrendered to it, and saying that they are already dead. Elie Hobeika had an interview with the London-based Al-Wasat magazine which was published on 31 August 1997. The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) said that the interview substantiated the abduction of the diplomats and their handing over to Israel by Geagea's group.Aminzadeh Jamshid 4 July 1982, the anniversary of Iranian diplomats abduction in Lebanon http://news.irib.ir/articles/item/70921-4-1982 22 June 2016 IRIB World Service fa 8 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160708065026/http://news.irib.ir/articles/item/70921-4-1982 live The group was known for its close ties with Israel and for handing over many Lebanese and foreigners to Israel during its invasion of Lebanon.Tehran Urges UN to Pursue Fate of Iranian Diplomats Abducted by Israel http://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2015/07/04/789799/tehran-urges-un-to-pursue-fate-of-iranian-diplomats-abducted-by-israel 18 May 2016 Tasnim News Agency 27 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160827063014/http://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2015/07/04/789799/tehran-urges-un-to-pursue-fate-of-iranian-diplomats-abducted-by-israel live Later in 2016, according to a report by the London-based pan-Arab daily Rai al-Youm,Jamil Yasin Iranian officer, who announced he was kidnapped in Israel and one of the four diplomats were abducted in 1982 from Lebanon .. and Israel assassinated the Palestinian leader tried to reveal the details of their abduction http://www.raialyoum.com/?p=448475 22 June 2016 arabic Ray al-Youm 4 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160704081600/http://www.raialyoum.com/?p=448475 live translated to English by Fars News Agency, a recently released Greek prisoner from Israeli jails informed the Iranian embassy in Athens that he had seen the four abducted individuals alive in Israeli jails. The report also said that Ahmad Habibollah Abu Hesham, known as a "spiritual father" of prisoners of Israeli jails, had made a similar comment that Motavesellian and the others were alive in Atlit detainee camp after visiting and inspecting prisoners in Israeli jails. Abu Hesham died in what Rai al-Youm said was a "made up accident by Israel."31 May 2016 Recently Freed Greek Prisoner: 4 Iranian Diplomats Alive in Israel's Jail http://en.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx?nn=13950311000552 Fars News Agency 9 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170418103504/http://en.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx?nn=13950311000552 18 April 2017 dead However, Israel has rejected the allegation of detaining the Iranian diplomats and journalist who were abducted in Lebanon, according to Reuters report. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-diplomats-un/iran-urges-u-n-to-help-free-kidnapped-diplomats-idUSN0745048120080708 Iran urges U.N. to help free kidnapped diplomats. Reuters 8 July 2008 9 December 2019 9 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191209105257/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-diplomats-un/iran-urges-u-n-to-help-free-kidnapped-diplomats-idUSN0745048120080708 live Death speculation According to Geagea, the Iranians died some time after their capture.Sahimi Mohammad The Fog over the 1983 Beirut Attacks https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/10/the-1983-beirut-bombing-attack.html 19 May 2016 FRONTLINE – Tehran Bureau 24 October 2009 5 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190305140320/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/10/the-1983-beirut-bombing-attack.html live Robert Hatem, code-named "Cobra", Hobeika's security chief in the early 1980s, said that Hobeika was responsible for the diplomats' "kidnapping and murder".Elie Hobeika's Assassination: Covering Up the Secrets of Sabra and Shatilla http://www.jcpa.org/art/brief1-17.htm Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs 23 June 2016 30 January 2002 5 July 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20030705182504/http://www.jcpa.org/art/brief1-17.htm live According to Ronen Bergman in his book The Secret War with Iran, Hatem told Israeli agents in 1993 and 2000 that he himself had probably killed at least one of the Iranians, Ahmad Motevasselian, and that he could clearly remember the Iranians' execution. Hatem is described as sketching the electrical torture tool for the Iranians. "Right at the beginning, we found that one of them spoke Arabic. I don't know why but they killed him right away," said Hatem according to Bergman.157–159 The Israeli newspaper Haaretz said that it was believed that they were then buried at a site where construction later obliterated their graves. Ali Qusair, a journalist from the Iranian-based Press TV and Sayyed Raed Mousavi, son of the kidnapped Sayyed Mohsen Mousavi, discussed the diplomats' fate in an interview with Karim Pakradouni, former head of Phalangists. Referring to his conversation with Assaad Chaftari, a senior intelligence official of Lebanese Forces, Pakradouni believed that the abducted diplomats could have been killed before reaching Karantina.Iranian hostages were killed in Barbarah-Karantina way http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/21729 22 June 2016 Mashregh News 2010 fa 9 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211109215608/https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/21729/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%88-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF live Political response In 2016, Adnan Mansour, the Lebanese ex-minister of foreign affairs and emigrants and ex-ambassador to Iran, stated that Iran and Lebanon had not stopped investigating the fate of the diplomats. He stated that the first responsibility lies with the Lebanese side, because the abduction had occurred in Lebanese territory. Nazih Mansour, former member of the Lebanese parliament, had been the official lawyer of one of the families. Speaking to IRNA, he said that the progress of the case in Lebanese courts was very slow. Mansour also said that after so many years, the case had turned into a political issue rather than a judicial one.Release the four Iranian kidnapped diplomats, an endless hope http://www.irna.ir/fa/NewsPrint.aspx?ID=81228304 19 May 2016 IRNA fa 24 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160624001146/http://www.irna.ir/fa/NewsPrint.aspx?ID=81228304 live In 2014 Mohammad Fathali, Iranian Ambassador to Beirut,Iranians kidnapped in 1982 believed to be alive in Israel http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A259644457/GPS?sid=wikipedia 19 May 2016 The Daily Star 24 June 2011 9 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211109215552/https://galeapps.gale.com/apps/auth?userGroupName=&sid=wikipedia&origURL=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.gale.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fp%3DGPS%26u%3D%26id%3DGALE%7CA259644457%26v%3D2.1%26it%3Dr%26sid%3Dwikipedia&prodId=GPS liveGeneral OneFile said that Iran had seen no serious action by the international community and human rights bodies regarding the abduction of the Iranian diplomats in Lebanon and their fate.Envoy: Iran Not to Give Up Pursuit into Fate of 4 Abducted Diplomats http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A374691883/GPS?sid=wikipedia 12 July 2014 FARS News Agency 27 November 2016 9 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211109215551/https://galeapps.gale.com/apps/auth?userGroupName=&sid=wikipedia&origURL=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.gale.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fp%3DGPS%26u%3D%26id%3DGALE%7CA374691883%26v%3D2.1%26it%3Dr%26sid%3Dwikipedia&prodId=GPS liveGeneral OneFile In a statement issued in 2015, Iran expressed appreciation for efforts by the Lebanese government and international figures, including a 2008 letter from Lebanon to the UN confirming the abduction, to bring international attention to this case. In July 2018, at the 36th anniversary commemoration of the kidnapping, Iran's Foreign Ministry pointed out that there was sufficient proof that the kidnapped Iranian diplomats were moved to Israel, according to Mehr News. https://en.mehrnews.com/news/135422/No-evidence-points-to-death-of-4-abducted-Iranian-diplomats No evidence points to death of 4 abducted Iranian diplomats 5 July 2018 9 December 2019 9 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191209130357/https://en.mehrnews.com/news/135422/No-evidence-points-to-death-of-4-abducted-Iranian-diplomats live Hezbollah had included the fate of the diplomats in indirect negotiations for a prisoner exchange with the Israelis after the 2006 warJuly 2021 and in the 2008 Israel–Hezbollah prisoner exchange agreement, Israel agreed to give a report on the fate of the four Iranians.Stern Yoav Lebanon: Hezbollah Prisoner Swap Marks 'Failure' for Israel https://www.haaretz.com/news/lebanon-hezbollah-prisoner-swap-marks-failure-for-israel-1.248882 18 May 2016 Reuters Haaretz 1 July 2008 en 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201654/http://www.haaretz.com/news/lebanon-hezbollah-prisoner-swap-marks-failure-for-israel-1.248882 dead The report stated that the four were captured by a group of Christian militia led by Elie Hobeika, who was later murdered in 2002.https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-hezbollah-clear-way-for-prisoner-swap-within-ten-days-1.249075 Israel, Hezbollah Clear Way for Prisoner Swap Within Ten Days 4 July 2008 en Haaretz 15 October 2017 3 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101203064256/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-hezbollah-clear-way-for-prisoner-swap-within-ten-days-1.249075 dead According to Fars News, during the 37th anniversary ceremony held in Lebanon to commemorate the kidnapped Iranian diplomats, the senior advisor to the Iran Parliament Speaker divulged that Iran and Lebanon would prolong their association in order to solve the case of the abducted Iranian diplomats. https://en.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx?nn=13980414000578 Envoy Thanks Lebanon for Following Case of Abducted Diplomats. 9 December 2019 7 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190707202848/http://en.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx?nn=13980414000578 dead According to the Middle East Monitor, the Iranian Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan urged Israel to answer for the security and safety of the four abducted Iranian diplomats. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160524-iran-accuses-israel-of-kidnapping-four-diplomats-in-1982/ Iran accuses Israel of kidnapping four diplomats in 1982. 24 May 2016 9 December 2019 3 June 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190603220143/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160524-iran-accuses-israel-of-kidnapping-four-diplomats-in-1982/ live Commemoration The disappearance of the abducted diplomats is annually commemorated in Iran.1982 July ambush https://www.oral-history.ir/?page=post&id=2175 Oral history of Iran Resistance Literature and Culture Researches and Studies Center 3 November 2017 fa پیگیری‌ سرنوشت این 4 نفر، به ‌این ‌صورت درآمده که‌ هرسال یک‌بار در مراسم یادبود ربوده ‌شدن این افراد، مراسمی برگزار می‌شود و بقیه ‌سال به ‌فراموشی سپرده ‌می‌شود... https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004802/https://www.oral-history.ir/?page=post&id=2175 7 November 2017 dead dmy-all See also List of extrajudicial killings and political violence in Lebanon 2013 Iranian diplomat kidnapping List of kidnappings List of people who disappeared mysteriously: post-1970 Lebanese Civil War Attack on the Iranian Embassy in London (2018) References 30em External links Kharazi in Beirut to discuss fate of missing Iranian diplomats Category:1980s missing person cases Category:1982 crimes in Lebanon Diplomats Diplomats Category:July 1982 in Asia Category:Israeli–Lebanese conflict Category:Iranian diplomats Category:Attacks on diplomatic missions in Lebanon Category:Attacks on diplomatic missions of Iran Category:Diplomatic immunity and protection Category:Diplomatic incidents Category:Kidnapped diplomats Category:Kidnapped Iranian people Category:Kidnappings in Lebanon Category:Missing person cases in Lebanon Category:Terrorist incidents in Lebanon in 1982 Category:War crimes in the Lebanese Civil War Category:Iran–Israel relations Category:Iran–Lebanon relations Category:Israel–Lebanon relations