Nour Ahmad Nikbakht, an administrative staff member of the Iranian Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen,[1] was kidnapped by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in the Yemeni capital on 21 July 2013.[2][3] Nikbakht was abducted while leaving his home in Sana'a by a gunman who was a member of al-Qaeda.[1][4] He was held hostage for two years and released in March 2015 in exchange for five al-Qaeda leaders.[5] He returned home safely on March 5, 2015.
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