"Iranian kidnappers seek ransom for tourists
Saturday, January 14, 2006 - ©2005 IranMania.com
LONDON, January 14 (IranMania) - Three Turkish tourists kidnapped last month in southeast Iran are demanding a ransom of one million euros ($1.2 mln) each, a Turkish diplomat said Saturday.
'The kidnappers are a gang of drug smugglers, this is not a political thing,' said the diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, according to AFP.
'We are doing all we can to obtain their release.'
When they were seized on December 24, Serdar Durna, Yurdaer Etike and Avi Ozan had just left Zahedan, near Iran's borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Turkish ambassador in Tehran, Halit Bozkurt Aran, said on Thursday."
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