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Iran Says Has Many Al Qaeda in Custody- Report
Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:19 a.m. ET
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's intelligence minister said Wednesday Tehran was holding many al Qaeda members, including some senior figures from Osama bin Laden's network, the ISNA students news agency reported.
"Since the collapse of the Taliban regime we have arrested a large number of al Qaeda members," Ali Yunesi told reporters, ISNA said.
"Many of them have been sent back to their countries of origin, many have been expelled from the country and many of them are in our custody -- a mixture of big and small members."
He did not identify any of the al Qaeda members currently in custody in Iran.
It was the first public admission by a top government official that Iran is holding some key al Qaeda members. Previously Iran has said it was still trying to identify which al Qaeda members it had captured.
Kuwait's Interior Minister Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah earlier this month said Kuwait had turned down an offer from Tehran to hand over al Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith.
Media reports and intelligence sources have also said Iran is believed to be holding al-Qaeda's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, and its security chief Saif al-Adel.
Copyright © 2003 Reuters Limited.
Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:19 a.m. ET
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's intelligence minister said Wednesday Tehran was holding many al Qaeda members, including some senior figures from Osama bin Laden's network, the ISNA students news agency reported.
"Since the collapse of the Taliban regime we have arrested a large number of al Qaeda members," Ali Yunesi told reporters, ISNA said.
"Many of them have been sent back to their countries of origin, many have been expelled from the country and many of them are in our custody -- a mixture of big and small members."
He did not identify any of the al Qaeda members currently in custody in Iran.
It was the first public admission by a top government official that Iran is holding some key al Qaeda members. Previously Iran has said it was still trying to identify which al Qaeda members it had captured.
Kuwait's Interior Minister Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah earlier this month said Kuwait had turned down an offer from Tehran to hand over al Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith.
Media reports and intelligence sources have also said Iran is believed to be holding al-Qaeda's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, and its security chief Saif al-Adel.
Copyright © 2003 Reuters Limited.
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