Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham rejected the reports saying that Tehran has received some information from the UAE government on the apprehension of a number of suspects in relation to the abduction of an Iranian national in Dubai.

Afkham said Iran has yet received no official report on the issue from the UAE.

“We, too, have heard about the matter through the media, but there has still been no official information on the matter from concerned officials in the United Arab Emirates, and we are therefore, waiting for such news from their side,” she said.

“In order to pursue the status of those citizens of our country, and in accordance with the international conventions, the Iranian embassy in Emirates has delivered notes to the UAE Foreign Ministry inquiring about their status,” added Afkham.

Reports indicated that Abbas Yazdanpanah Yazdi, born in 1969, is a British passport holder of Iranian origin. He is the owner of a public trade company. The security authorities found belongings of the victim in a house rented by a man who was arrested by the State Security in Dubai.

The UAE State Security in Dubai has arrested three Iranian nationals accused of kidnapping Abbas Yazdi, it was announced on January 10, 2014.

According to Atena Yazdi, her husband went missing from his Dubai office on the evening of Tuesday 25 June.

In December Iran’s foreign ministry vehemently denied reports that the country has had any role in Yazdi’s disappearance, and said it was pursuing his fate with the UAE authorities.
 

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