Five Iranian officials held in Iraq for more than two years by U.S. forces returned home Sunday after the U.S. released them under pressure from the Iraqi government.
American officials said a U.S.-Iraqi security agreement required that they hand the men over, but said they fear the Iranians _ held on suspicion of aiding Shiite militants _ pose a threat to U.S. troops in Iraq.
The five men were handed over to Iraqi officials Thursday and flew Sunday to Tehran where they were met at the airport by a cheering crowd of onlookers who carried the men on their shoulders and put garlands of flowers around their necks.
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a news …
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