A group of Western tourists has been kidnapped in south-eastern Iran. The exact number of missing people is unclear, but two agencies say there are three of them, all from Germany.
What, the Algerian desert tours were all booked?
The AFP news agency says they were abducted several days ago in the Sistan-Baluchistan province, an area notorious for drug-smuggling.
"Helmut, where should we vacation this year?"
"How about Iran, I hear the poppies are in bloom."
A German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said there were indications that Germans were involved, and that a crisis team had been set up. |