Iranian state television said Labib Mohammadi, who worked for Iran's Pilgrimage Organization in Iraq, was killed by unknown assailants near the city of Karbala on 12 September.
The report quoted a Foreign Ministry official as saying Iran holds the interim Iraqi government responsible for the safety of Iranians and has demanded a prompt investigation of Mohammadi's killing.
Several Iranians, including four journalists and a diplomat, were seized in Iraq in recent months. The four journalists who were arrested by Iraqi police were eventually released, but the Iranian diplomat who was kidnapped by a militant group has not been freed.
(Reuters/AP)
The report quoted a Foreign Ministry official as saying Iran holds the interim Iraqi government responsible for the safety of Iranians and has demanded a prompt investigation of Mohammadi's killing.
Several Iranians, including four journalists and a diplomat, were seized in Iraq in recent months. The four journalists who were arrested by Iraqi police were eventually released, but the Iranian diplomat who was kidnapped by a militant group has not been freed.
(Reuters/AP)
