If you read the wikileaks document carefully, you see that the military does not actually know where the hostages were taken. They arrived at the scene after the event, and in the report they state that "local witnesses" told them the "hikers" were on the Iraq side.
The really important fact gleaned from the wikileaks document is that the military were in no doubt that the "hikers" had gone there with the specific aim of generating an event and publicity; they were not innocent hikers at all.
*sigh*
Azerbaijan should also be blue, given its close relationship with Israel.
"And if Iran was not hit by the sanctions, why do they complain about them.."
Really, Andreas? You think this is a rational question?
If you read the wikileaks document carefully, you see that the military does not actually know where the hostages were taken. They arrived at the scene after the event, and in the report they state that "local witnesses" told them the "hikers" were on the Iraq side.
The really important fact gleaned from the wikileaks document is that the military were in no doubt that the "hikers" had gone there with the specific aim of generating an event and publicity; they were not innocent hikers at all.