Iran slams abduction of UN peacekeepers in Golan Heights
Iran has condemned a recent move by Takfiri terrorist groups to abduct UN peacekeepers near the Quneitra border crossing in the occupied Golan Heights.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham on Friday called for the immediate release of the abductees without any conditions.
“Undoubtedly, terrorist groups and their supporters are responsible for such an action,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.
A UN spokesman said on Thursday that an “armed group” is holding 43 UN peacekeepers in the occupied Golan Heights while another 81 are trapped.
The UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) personnel were detained on Thursday near Quneitra during fighting between Syrian government forces and foreign-backed militants, he added.
The incident comes a day after militants, believed to be affiliated with the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, took control of a crossing into the Israeli-occupied Syrian territory of the Golan Heights.
Over 190,000 people have reportedly been killed and millions displaced due to the turmoil fueled by the foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists in Syria since March 2011.
The Golan Heights has been under the Israeli occupation since the 1960s. The Tel Aviv regime captured the Golan Heights during the Six-Day War of 1967.