Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SEOUL1817
2007-06-14 07:53:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Seoul
Cable title:
MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN
VZCZCXRO4812 PP RUEHDE DE RUEHUL #1817 1650753 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 140753Z JUN 07 FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5028 INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 2651 RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 2765 RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 8095 RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 0027 RUEHIN/AIT TAIPEI 1984 RHMFISS/COMUSKOREA J5 SEOUL KOR RHMFISS/COMUSKOREA J2 SEOUL KOR RHMFISS/COMUSKOREA SCJS SEOUL KOR RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC//OSD/ISA/EAP//
UNCLAS SEOUL 001817
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
PLEASE PASS NEA/IR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EUN KS IR
SUBJECT: MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN
REF: STATE 80300
(SBU) On May 12, A/POL conveyed reftel points, requesting
that capitals convey U.S. concern about AmCit harassment in
Iran to their Iranian interlocutors, to Kang Do-ho, MOFAT's
Middle East Division Director. In a subsequent meeting on
May 14, Kang told A/POL that the ROKG would deliver U.S.
concerns to the Iranian Government, especially about the case
of the missing person. Kang noted that the Iranian
Ambassador to Seoul in late May had met with MOFAT's
Director-General for the Middle East and African Affairs
Bureau to deliver concerns about alleged detained Iranians in
Iraq. A/POL emphasized that suspicious Iranian activities in
Iraq, particularly those with Iraqi insurgents, were of an
entirely different nature than the cases of American citizens
detained while visiting relatives or conducting humanitarian
work that posed no threat. Kang conceded the point and said
Seoul would communicate with Iranian interlocutors about the
missing/detained AmCits.
STANTON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
PLEASE PASS NEA/IR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EUN KS IR
SUBJECT: MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN
REF: STATE 80300
(SBU) On May 12, A/POL conveyed reftel points, requesting
that capitals convey U.S. concern about AmCit harassment in
Iran to their Iranian interlocutors, to Kang Do-ho, MOFAT's
Middle East Division Director. In a subsequent meeting on
May 14, Kang told A/POL that the ROKG would deliver U.S.
concerns to the Iranian Government, especially about the case
of the missing person. Kang noted that the Iranian
Ambassador to Seoul in late May had met with MOFAT's
Director-General for the Middle East and African Affairs
Bureau to deliver concerns about alleged detained Iranians in
Iraq. A/POL emphasized that suspicious Iranian activities in
Iraq, particularly those with Iraqi insurgents, were of an
entirely different nature than the cases of American citizens
detained while visiting relatives or conducting humanitarian
work that posed no threat. Kang conceded the point and said
Seoul would communicate with Iranian interlocutors about the
missing/detained AmCits.
STANTON