Iran has released six of eight Slovak paragliders held since May for alleged spying, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Sunday. "Negotiations with Iran were very correct and led to the release of six out of eight Slovak citizens," Fico told journalists. "Two Slovaks are still held in Iran until further allegations are investigated by the Iranian ...

The Slovak consul met the paragliders detained in Iran at a representation office in Tehran last week. This consular contact, already the second after a meeting in Isfahan prison, was confirmed by Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Laj?k. All of the eight detainees confirmed that Iran is treating them decently, including relatively free movement in ...

BRATISLAVA (AFP) Iran suspects them of spying, but friends of eight Slovak paragliders detained in May know them as freedom-loving adrenalin junkies who travel the world to film high-flying documentaries. "They have artistic backgrounds," said fashion designer Michaela Bednarova, who works with one of the eight men detained in Iran. "One of them ...

Slovakia on Wednesday urged Iran to allow its diplomats access to eight Slovak paragliders arrested for allegedly photographing restricted areas including nuclear facilities. "Slovakia's Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak on Wednesday met the Iranian ambassador Hassan Tajik in Vienna, urging Iran to let the Slovak consul in Tehran visit the prisoners ...