Release of hostages after 18 days of captivity without payment of ransom A 30-year-old man who was kidnapped in Imam Khomeini Square, Tehran, was identified and released after 18 days of captivity in one of the western cities of Tehran province. According to the head of the Intelligence Police of Greater Tehran, this man returned to his family safely and without paying money to the kidnappers. The detectives of the 11th Department of the Intelligence Police identified and arrested one of the accused for the first time during a special investigation, and using the information received arrested other members of the gang in the southern districts and cities around Tehran. After the arrest, the members of the group were transferred to the judicial authorities for legal proceedings./Hept Sub.