Iraqi MP released by kidnappers

Kidnapped Sunni MP Tayseer al-Mashhadani was released today after being held for nearly two months, an adviser to the Iraqi Prime Minister said.

Iraqi Islamic Party MP Tayseer Al-Mashhadani and seven of her bodyguards were seized on July 1 by gunmen in a Shiite area of east Baghdad as they were travelling to attend a session of parliament the following day.