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August 2nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The Libyan Red Crescent (LRC) said in a statement on Tuesday that gunmen kidnapped a seven-member IRC delegation after they left the headquarters of the LRC in Benghazi.
“We have told our embassy in Libya to pursue this issue as soon as possible and this is being done,” Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular and Iranians Affairs Hassan Qashqavi told Mehr News Agency on Wednesday.
Qashqavi expressed hope that the IRC members would be released through the attempts of the Iranian embassy and the cooperation of Libyan officials.
Iran’s Ambassador to Libya said on Wednesday that the embassy has contacted the group responsible for the kidnapping of the Iranian delegation and urged them to release the IRC members.
The Iranian delegation went to Libya at the invitation of the LRC to discuss various prospects for cooperation in the field of humanitarian assistance.
The IRC said in a statement issued on Tuesday that it has learnt from local officials that the abductees are in good health.
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