Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09VIENNA1245
2009-09-28 09:11:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
AUSTRIAN UPDATE ON AMCIT HIKERS DETAINED IN IRAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 001245
SIPDIS
NEA/IR FOR SPRING
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/28/2024
TAGS: PHUM PINR PREL PROP CASC IR AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIAN UPDATE ON AMCIT HIKERS DETAINED IN IRAN
REF: VIENNA 1243 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Econ/Pol Counselor Dean Yap. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d).
(C) Austrian MFA Middle East Director Stift reported Sept. 28
that Amb. Postl had delivered letters from the mothers of the
detained hikers to the office of Supreme Leader Khamanei on
Sunday, Sept. 27. Based on conversations with a range of
contacts, Postl had "great confidence" that the hikers would
be released within the next two weeks. He was told
explicitly that Iranian security services had determined that
the hikers had entered Iran accidentally and posed no
security risk and that the three were in good health.
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