Unobhala welizwe lase-US ubhenele e-Iran ngolwazi malunga nabantu abathathu baseMelika ababanjiweyo emva kokuphambuka kumda wase-Iraq.
UHillary Clinton uthe "uxhalabile" kwaye wacela abasemagunyeni eIran ukuba bafumane abathathu.
Amagosa ase-Irani atyhola aba bathathu ngokutyeshela izilumkiso ezivela kubagcini bomda kunye nokuwela e-Iran besuka kwingingqi yaseKurdish yase-Iraq ngoLwesihlanu.
Umda ophakathi kwe-Iran ne-Iraq kulo mmandla kuthiwa awuphawulwanga kakuhle.
“Sicela urhulumente waseIran ukuba asincede siqonde ukuba baphi aba bantu bathathu baseMelika abalahlekileyo kwaye sibabuyise ngokukhawuleza,” utshilo uNksk. Clinton.
Uthe i-US ayikabinaso isiqinisekiso esisemthethweni sokuba urhulumente waseIran ubabambe.
Uthe amagosa aseSwitzerland, ajonga umdla wase-US eTehran, ayengekafumani siqinisekiso sokubanjwa kwe-trio, ngaphandle kwezicelo.
'Ixhalabile'
NgoMvulo, abantu baseMelika ababini bathiywa zizalamane - uShane Bauer, intatheli yaseMbindi Mpuma yaseMinnesota, kunye noJoshua Fattal wasePennsylvania, onoyise ongumIraq.
Isazisi somntu wesithathu waseMelika ayikaqinisekiswa, nangona amagosa ase-Iraqi kunye neendaba zase-US zimthiye ngokuba nguSara Short.
"Usapho lwethu luxhalabile ngokhuseleko kunye nentlalontle" yaba bathathu, umama kaMnumzana Bauer, uCindy Hickey, uxelele i-Associated Press.
Igosa likarhulumente waseKurdish lixelele i-BBC ukuba abantu baseMelika bangene kulo mmandla njengabakhenkethi kukhenketho lokuhamba ngoLwesibini kwaye bachitha ubusuku obubini kwihotele yaseSuleymaniyeh.
Baye ke baya kwindawo yokuchithela iholide e-Ahmed Awa, apho babonakala bengazihoyi izilumkiso zasekuhlaleni zokunganyuki intaba ekufutshane nomda ngoLwesihlanu.
Ilungu lesine leqela elihambahambayo, u-Shon Meckfessel, akazange angenele uhambo ngenxa yokuba wayegula.
Umsasazi we-BBC uJon Donnison eWashington uthi ukuvalelwa kusenokwenzeka ukuba yinto yokugqibela ayifunayo urhulumente wase-US enikwa ukuba ubudlelwane bubi kangakanani na yingxabano malunga namabhongo e-Iran kunye nonyulo lwayo lukamongameli lwakutsha nje.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Igosa likarhulumente waseKurdish lixelele i-BBC ukuba abantu baseMelika bangene kulo mmandla njengabakhenkethi kukhenketho lokuhamba ngoLwesibini kwaye bachitha ubusuku obubini kwihotele yaseSuleymaniyeh.
- “We call on the Iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing Americans and return them as soon as possible,”.
- Umsasazi we-BBC uJon Donnison eWashington uthi ukuvalelwa kusenokwenzeka ukuba yinto yokugqibela ayifunayo urhulumente wase-US enikwa ukuba ubudlelwane bubi kangakanani na yingxabano malunga namabhongo e-Iran kunye nonyulo lwayo lukamongameli lwakutsha nje.
