Tourist kidnapped in Iran is named

The Department of Foreign Affairs has named the Irish tourist kidnapped in Iran earlier this week as Aidan Leahy, a mechanic in his 30s who lives in London.

Mr Leahy was abducted on Monday along with two Germans while on a cycling tour in the Sistan-Baluchestan province of Iran, close to the border with Pakistan.

The Iranian authorities have claimed that the kidnappers are drug smugglers who have demanded a €5m ransom for the release of the tourists.