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Iran Tells Germany: Hand Over PJAK Leader

Iranian Majlis speaker Ali Larijani said that Iran has demanded that Germany extradite to it Abdolrahman Hajj Ahmadi, leader of the Kurdish separatist organization Party for Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK), who was arrested March 5 in Germany by local police, at Belgium's request.

PJAK threatened that if Hajj Ahmadi was not freed, it would change its policy towards German and European security forces.

Source: Fars, Iran, March 7-8, 20910; PJAK website, March 6, 2010

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