Speaking in a meeting with Turkish Ambassador to Tehran Umit Yardim, Boroujerdi said, "The abductors are responsible for the security and health of the Iranian pilgrims and any unusual measure would receive a reciprocal response."
Meantime, he hailed the efforts made by the Turkish government to release Iran's abducted pilgrims in Syria in the past, and said that abduction of defenseless pilgrims is an unreligious and inhuman measure that intensifies unrests in the region.
Turkish Envoy Umit Yardim, for his part, described the abduction of Iranian pilgrims in Syria as inhuman, and noted that Turkey would do its best to secure the release of the Iranian pilgrims.
"Turkey will continue its efforts to secure the freedom of the Iranian pilgrims," he added.
On August 4, armed insurgents in Syria kidnapped 48 Iranian pilgrims who were traveling on a bus from Damascus International Airport to the shrine of Hazrat Zainab (AS) on the outskirts of Damascus.
Later, unconfirmed media reports said three of them have been killed, but Iran rejected the reports saying that all of them are alive.
Chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said at a press conference in Damascus late in August that the Iranian pilgrims kidnapped in Syria were reportedly all in good health.
Iran is using all diplomatic, political and security means to release the 48 Iranian pilgrims.
Ever since the abductions took place, the Foreign Ministry and the Iranian embassy in Damascus have been pursuing the fate and release of the kidnapped Iranian nationals through different channels.
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Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi called for immediate measures to free the 48 Iranian pilgrims abducted in Syria over two months ago.
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