WORLD IN BRIEF : IRAN : Try to Free Kuwait Prisoners, U.S. Told
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
President Hashemi Rafsanjani urged the United States to press Israel and Kuwait to release Muslim prisoners in exchange for help in gaining freedom for Western hostages in Lebanon. Iran and the pro-Iranian captors have often demanded that Israel free about 350 Muslim prisoners. But it was the first time in months that an Iranian leader referred to 15 Shiite Muslims jailed in Kuwait since 1984 for fatal car bombings.
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