Released Iranian Aid Workers Messengers Of Peace, Friendship - Official

Tehran, Oct 8, IRNA – Secretary General of Iran's Red Crescent Society Zaher Rostami said Sunday that the released aid workers, by their endurance during captivity, proved that Iranians are messengers of peace and friendship. Seven aid workers of Iran's Red Crescent Society who were kidnapped in Libya by terrorists in July 30, were finally released on Saturday after 69 days of captivity and arrived home Sunday morning. They were in Libya on a humanitarian mission when they were captured by an unknown armed group in the city of Benghazi. Addressing an official ceremony to welcome the released Iranian aid workers, Rostami said they were in Libya "to add another golden page to the long history of Iranians' efforts to serve deprived people and the entire humanity." The official stressed that Iran's Red Crescent Society would never stop serving deprived and needy people around the world./end