Syria: Iranian prisoners freed

http://www.euronews.com/ Forty-eight Iranian hostages have been set free by Syrian rebels.

They've been released in exchange for 2,130 civilian prisoners held by the Syrian government.

The Iranians were seized in early August by rebel forces who accused them of being members of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sent to fight for the regime.

Iran, one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's closest allies, denied this saying they were Shi'ite Muslims visiting shrines.

The Turkish aid agency which helped broker the deal says the prisoners have now been taken to Damascus accompanied by Syrian and Iranian officials.

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[iedhunter44]

Assad cares more about pleasing the Iranians then releasing his own officers. Hope those officers feel betrayed and switch sides.

[goooooooooooooz]

lol yeah

MAPNA, the Iranian company that built the power plants in Syria, even has group pics of Iranian workers in Syria. They at least had a lot of pics up the last time I checked the site.

Fucking scum of the earth wahabi terrorists. The majority of them are foreigners from North Africa and Saudi Arabia. Even this Wael Nuri guy you're talking to is Egyptian.

[korencek]

you are delusional, naive and your propaganda won't work on me. I know exactly why the war started.

[WPS WSP]

you are a fu..g terrorist. your mentality is dirty and sick. you need medication before you blow yourself up like your other suiside bomber sunni pigs who kills the innocent peoples.

[Tom Jones]

fuck off gooooooooozoooooo. they were military personnel. but was a good lesson . it was a victory for FSA.

[AutoSprayPainter]

They should of executed all those shia pigs before handing them over. A few dead shiites is good

[Wael Nuri]

How a head of state imprisoned his citizens and exchange them with foreigners being held by the Syrian opposition .. This dictator an agent the occupation not president .. Assad has left out his Syrian thugs whom detainees on hands of opposition fighters for those Iranians mercenaries .

[korencek]

no, they came to work on an electrical power plant and they showed a video to prove it while working on the field.

[Wael Nuri]

Those mercenaries members of Iranian Revolutionary Guards came to killing Syrian people .. Viva Free Syria .