Unobhala Wezwe laseMelika unxuse i-Iran ukuthola imininingwane ngabantu abathathu baseMelika ababoshwe ngemuva kokuduka bewela umngcele wase-Iraq.
U-Hillary Clinton uthe "ukhathazekile" futhi wacela iziphathimandla zase-Irani ukuthi zithole abathathu.
Izikhulu zase-Iran zisole laba abathathu ngokuziba izexwayiso ezivela konogada basemngceleni futhi bawele e-Iran besuka esifundeni saseKurdish e-Iraq ngoLwesihlanu.
Umngcele ophakathi kwe-Iran ne-Iraq esifundeni kuthiwa awumakwa kahle.
"Sicela uhulumeni wase-Iran ukuthi usisize sithole ukuthi bakuphi abantu baseMelika abathathu abalahlekile futhi ubabuyisele ngokushesha," kusho uNkk Clinton.
Uthe i-US namanje ayinaso isiqinisekiso esisemthethweni sokuthi uhulumeni wase-Iran ubabambe.
Uthe izikhulu zaseSwitzerland, ezibhekelele izimfuno zaseMelika eTehran, bezingakasitholi isiqinisekiso sokuboshwa kwalaba abathathu, naphezu kwezicelo.
'Okhathazekile'
NgoMsombuluko, ababili baseMelika baqanjwe izihlobo - uShane Bauer, intatheli ezimele eMiddle East yaseMinnesota, kanye noJoshua Fattal wasePennsylvania, uyise ongum-Iraqi.
Ukuthi ungubani waseMelika wesithathu akukakaqinisekiswa, nakuba izikhulu zase-Iraqi kanye nabezindaba base-US bemqambe njengoSara Short.
"Umndeni wethu ukhathazekile ngokuphepha nenhlalakahle" kulaba abathathu, umama kaMnu Bauer, uCindy Hickey, etshela i-Associated Press.
Isikhulu sikahulumeni wamaKurd sitshele i-BBC ukuthi abantu baseMelika bangene endaweni njengezivakashi ohambweni lokuhamba ngezinyawo ngoLwesibili futhi bachitha ubusuku obubili ehhotela eliseSuleymaniyeh.
Babe sebedlulela endaweni yokungcebeleka e-Ahmed Awa, lapho kuvele ukuthi bazishaya indiva izixwayiso zendawo zokuthi bangaqwali intaba eseduze nomngcele ngoLwesihlanu.
Ilungu lesine leqembu elihambayo, uShon Meckfessel, alizange lingenele lo mqhudelwano ngoba ubegula.
Umsakazi we-BBC uJon Donnison eWashington uthi kungenzeka ukuthi ukuboshwa kwabo kuyinto yokugcina uhulumeni wase-US ayifunayo uma kubhekwa ukuthi ubudlelwano bube bubi kangakanani ngenxa yengxabano mayelana nezifiso zenuzi zase-Iran kanye nokhetho lwayo lukamongameli lwakamuva.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Isikhulu sikahulumeni wamaKurd sitshele i-BBC ukuthi abantu baseMelika bangene endaweni njengezivakashi ohambweni lokuhamba ngezinyawo ngoLwesibili futhi bachitha ubusuku obubili ehhotela eliseSuleymaniyeh.
- “We call on the Iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing Americans and return them as soon as possible,”.
- Umsakazi we-BBC uJon Donnison eWashington uthi kungenzeka ukuthi ukuboshwa kwabo kuyinto yokugcina uhulumeni wase-US ayifunayo uma kubhekwa ukuthi ubudlelwano bube bubi kangakanani ngenxa yengxabano mayelana nezifiso zenuzi zase-Iran kanye nokhetho lwayo lukamongameli lwakamuva.
