The body of a senior Iranian diplomat missing since the Haj stampede in September has been identified, Iranian media said Wednesday, quashing speculation he was kidnapped.
The corpse of Iran’s former ambassador to Lebanon, Ghazanfar Roknabadi, 49, was identified through DNA tests, ISNA reported.
“My brothers traveled to Saudi Arabia and after seeing his body announced they have identified him,” the ex-diplomat’s brother, Morteza, was quoted by the state television website as saying.
Roknabadi’s body will be repatriated on Thursday, he added. Until last year, Roknabadi was Tehran’s envoy to Beirut, a highly sensitive post.(AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE)
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