Family of Nepali National Amrit Jha Await News Following Reports of Release from Iranian Detention

Kathmandu. Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal wrote on his X (Twitter) account on the night of Baisakh 2: 'Amrit Jha, who was arrested in Iran, has been released. Our Honorary Consulate General in Iran and the Embassy in Qatar are both in contact with him. Our team is working to bring him out of Iran.'Following the Foreign Minister's post, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying: 'The Ministry has received information unofficially through the Nepali Honorary Consul General in Tehran that a local court has ordered the release of Nepali citizen Amrit Jha, who was arrested in Iran.'The statement...