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August 2nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The Libyan Red Crescent said in a statement on Tuesday that unidentified gunmen kidnapped a seven-member IRCS delegation after they left the headquarters of the LRC in Benghazi.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday criticized the Libyan government officials for failing to provide security for the Iranian delegation and called for a ‘swift measure’ by Tripoli to secure their release.
“The seven members of the official delegation of the [Iranian] Red Crescent are in good health and we hope that they would soon return home through the concerted efforts of Libya’s government and Red Crescent officials,” he added.
This comes as Amnesty International has also called for the ‘immediate and unconditional’ release of the Iranian delegation.
“The seven Iranian Red Crescent members must be allowed to go free. In the meantime, the armed militiamen holding them must immediately grant them contact with the outside world and ensure their safety,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, the deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at Amnesty International.
“It is deeply worrying that the seven Iranians invited to Libya to discuss cooperation in the humanitarian field have been wrongfully abducted and held,” added the official.
The Iranian delegation went to Libya at the invitation of the Libyan Red Crescent to discuss various prospects for cooperation in the field of humanitarian assistance.
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