N.Zealand confirms the departure of two New Zealand bloggers held in Iran

Sydney (Australia), October 26 (EFE).- The New Zealand government confirmed on Wednesday the reasons for not leaving two New Zealand bloggers held in Iran since early July.

“The New Zealanders we provided consular assistance in Iran have already left the country and are safe and well. We cannot comment further for privacy reasons,” a New Zealand Foreign Ministry spokesperson told EFE.

New Zealand bloggers Topher Richwhite and Bridget Thackwray, who have been documenting their ATV trip around the world for more than four years, suddenly stopped publishing their trip four months ago when they entered the Islamic Republic.

“Over the past few months, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the New Zealand Government have been working diligently to ensure the safe departure of two New Zealand nationals from Iran,” New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a video this morning. Posted on your Facebook profile.

“I can’t give too many details, but I can confirm that it happened and that it was very difficult for the two people involved,” said the president, who is on a trip to the New Zealand base. In Antarctica.

Ardern used her publication to condemn Iranian authorities’ crackdown on protests that have been ongoing in Iran since September 16, when Mahza Amini was arrested by morality police following the death of 22-year-old. Do not cover your hair with a hijab or Islamic veil.

New Zealand’s foreign affairs ministry on Wednesday renewed its travel warning for Iran, urging its citizens not to travel to the country due to the potential for “violent civil unrest, the risk of arrest or detention and a volatile situation in the region”.

“Iran’s security risk is significant,” New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaya Mahuda said in a statement. EFE

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