On Sunday gunmen kidnapped an Iranian diplomat, who was driving his car in the capital Sanaa, Yemeni officials said. Iran condemned the kidnapping.
The official said the diplomat armed men stopped a car and forced him into their car before speeding away. He did not disclose the diplomat's name or any further details, saying the incident is under investigation.
The official said at the time of abduction traffic light.
In Tehran, a Yemeni diplomat was summoned to the Foreign Ministry received a formal protest, Iranian state television reported. It said Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi called on Yemeni Foreign Minister.
Salehi condemned the kidnapping and serious action, the Yemeni government to release the Iranian diplomats, television reports said he was not sure.
Yemeni President Rab Mansour Hadi has been required in the past, the Iranian leadership to stop interfering in his country, Washington repeatedly warned. Yemeni officials said they seized weapons caches exported to Iran and aimed at undermining their country.
In another incident, officials said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed a local official in Bayda Central, where "base" Qaeda militants are active. The responsible person was shot dead outside his house, his head twice. One of his children were wounded, according to security officials.
Hadi had warned that the "base" organization branch in the country to use assassinations and kidnappings of foreigners ways to challenge the authority of the central government. The United States believes is the "base" organization Yemen branch the most active and dangerous.
In the capital Sanaa, Brig. Gen. Abdullah Hussein el-Muhdar connected to his car bomb outside his home, was killed according to the Department of Defense statement. Officials say they suspect the ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh's loyalty might be behind his murder.
All officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.
 



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