Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped a senior Iranian diplomat in Baghdad on Sunday, an Iraqi government official said on Tuesday.

We are dealing with this as a kidnapping, the official told Reuters. The official said the diplomat, the second secretary at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, was snatched in the central Karrada district by 30 gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms.

伊拉克政府关于星期二称，持枪者穿伊拉克军装于星期天在巴格达绑架了一名伊拉克高级外交官。官员告诉路透社，“我们正在处理这起绑架案。”官员称这位外交官是伊拉克大使馆在巴格达的第二任秘书，在中部卡那达地区被30名穿伊拉克军装的持枪者绑架。