DUBAI, Nov 2: The daily Al-Hayat published on Sunday the names of 147 suspected members of the Al Qaeda and the Taliban, including 35 Pakistanis, who were extradited by Iran in October.

The newspaper did not say how it obtained the list about which Iran informed the United Nations, but the article was datelined New York.

The names included 29 Saudis, 12 Jordanians, 13 Yemenis, six Moroccans, six Tunisians, a Syrian, seven Somalis, 35 Pakistanis and 24 others, whose nationalities could not be established.

The Pakistanis and the unknown group were handed over to Islamabad, the paper said. Three Afghans and three Lebanese were also identified.

“Iran says it handed them over to their own countries through diplomatic channels,” the paper said.

Seven of the Yemenis were sent to Morocco and the Tunisians to Italy, it said.

An Austrian who was returned to Vienna was also on the list, it said.

Iran identified to the UN Security Council over 200 suspected Al Qaeda members it said had been extradited to their countries of origin.

The identity of those still being held has been the subject of speculation — diplomatic sources and Arab press reports have pointed to the possible presence in Iran of the movement’s spokesman, Sulaiman Abu Gaith, and its number three, Saif Al Adel, as well as Osama bin Laden’s son Saad.

But the list contained no names of leading figures.—AFP