“The latest information from Yemeni authorities indicates that Nikbakht is in completely good health,” Amir Abdollahian told reporters on Thursday.
In similar remarks on February 4, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also said that the Iranian diplomat abducted in Yemen is in good health.
Earlier this month, Yemen's Interior Ministry and its security forces confirmed that Nikbakht is alive and is in good condition.
Yemeni chargé d'affaires to Tehran Abdullah Ali Alserri confirmed the news.
Alserri said the Yemeni officials and security forces are responsible for following up the fate of the Iranian diplomat abducted by the terrorist groups on July 21, 2013.
He reiterated that the Yemeni security forces have made great efforts to help release Nikbakht.
Late in January, foreign media reported that a dead body had been found in Marib, Yemen. They said it belonged to the kidnapped Iranian diplomat. The news was rejected.
Abolqassem Assadi, 57, financial and consulate officer of Iran's Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen, was another Iranian diplomat assassinated by gunmen in the center of the city on January 18.
The Yemeni chargé d' affaires underlined that the assassination was aimed at sabotaging Tehran-Sana'a relations.
