WANA (Mar 22) – Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi announced that a Japanese national previously detained in Iran has been released.

 

Speaking on a political program, Motegi said that one of the two Japanese citizens held in Iran was freed last Wednesday.

 

He added that the individual is expected to return to Japan. According to reports, the individual had been detained in Iran in June.

 

Unnamed Japanese diplomatic sources indicated that Iranian authorities released the detainee after determining that the period of detention had come to an end.

 

Motegi also stated that the development followed his communications with Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, regarding the release of detainees.

 

Regarding the second Japanese national still in custody, Motegi did not reveal further details but noted that efforts are ongoing to secure their release as soon as possible.