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Just freed Iranian diplomat Nour-Ahmad Nikbakht, who was kidnapped in Yemen and held hostage for nearly two years, hugs his wife (C) and daughters (L-R) after arriving in Tehran’s Mehrabad airport on March 5, 2015. Nikbakht who was seized in July 2013 while leaving his home in Sanaa by gunmen suspected of being members of Al-Qaeda, has been rescued in a military operation and returned to Tehran. AFP PHOTO / ISNA / AMIR POURMAND