Thai Scholar in Iran Plays Role in Hostage Release

Lerpong Sayed, a lecturer at Iran's Al-Mustafa International University, leads a Thai-Iran alumni association and reached out to associates who might have access to Hamas leaders in an effort to free Thais taken hostage after Hamas' attack on Israel.

As Thai diplomats negotiated for the release of Thai workers taken hostage in Hamas' deadly attack on Israel, prominent Thai Muslims, including a member of a university alumni association, operated on a parallel, more personal track.