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One Belgian tourist released in Iran, one still held

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August 15, 2007 | 3:36pm

TEHRAN (AFP) - Bandits who abducted a Belgian couple in southeastern Iran have releaed the woman captive but are still holding the man, local security forces said, according to the state-run IRNA agency.

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