Released Iranian aid workers abducted in Libya arrive in Tehran

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The seven Iranian aid workers who had been abducted in Libya arrive in Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport after 65 days of captivity.The seven-member team arrived in Tehran Sunday morning a day after they were released.On July 31, the Libyan Red Crescent (LRC) said in a statement that unidentified gunmen kidnapped a seven-member delegation of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) after they left the headquarters of the LRC in Benghazi.The Iranian aid workers had visited Libya at the invitation of the LRC to discuss cooperation in the humanitarian fields.Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Saturday announced the release of the seven Iranian workers abducted in Libya in July.“Following intensive contacts and negotiations with Libyan officials as well as the local authorities of the city of Benghazi, the seven Iranian hostages abducted in Libya were released today after 65 days and were handed over to the officials of our embassy in Tripoli,” Salehi told reporters.The foreign minister noted that Iranian nationals were all in excellent health. /129