Reuters: The kidnappers of a Japanese man in Iran have said he is “alive and safe” and offered to exchange him with a jailed bandit, a security official was quoted as saying on Thursday. TEHRAN, Oct 11 (Reuters) – The kidnappers of a Japanese man in Iran have said he is “alive and safe” and offered to exchange him with a jailed bandit, a security official was quoted as saying on Thursday.
“Shahbakhsh, the head of the kidnappers, called and said the Japanese man was safe and alive. He wants to exchange him with his jailed son,” the unnamed official told the semi-official Fars news agency.
