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4 July 1982

✸Kidnapping of the Iranian diplomats

AttackerLebanese Forces➜TargetIran

On 4 July 1982 a Lebanese Forces checkpoint at Barbara stopped four Iranians, among them the chargé d'affaires Mohsen Mousavi and the military attaché Ahmad Motevaselian, and they disappeared; Iran accuses Israel of holding them, and their fate remains unknown.

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