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Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said on Tuesday that Israel is responsible for abduction of the Iranian diplomats in Lebanon.

He told reporters that the move is clear violation of
international rules and regulations.

Iran's then charge d'affaires to Beirut Mohsen Mousavi, Iranian diplomat Taqi Rastegar-Moqaddam, the country's military attache Ahmad Motevasselian and IRNA photojournalist Kazem Akhavan were kidnapped in Beirut in 1982 while being escorted by the Lebanese police on their way back home from a mission in northern Lebanon.

Hosseini added that the Islamic Republic of Iran has made great efforts in the past 26 years to clarify the fate of the kidnapped Iranian nationals in Lebanon and will continue with it.

Tehran has urged international organizations, including the United Nations, to exert pressure on Tel Aviv to help clarify whereabouts of the abducted Iranians soon, he said.