Japanese student freed in Pakistan to be moved to Tehran

Japanese student freed in Pakistan to be moved to Tehran

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyotaka Nakamura speaks to reporters in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on June 15 after his 23-year-old son Satoshi, who was kidnapped in southeastern Iran in October, was freed on June 14 in Pakistan.

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