Iranian Red Crescent Workers Freed in Libya

A group of seven Iranian Red Crescent workers who were kidnapped in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi were freed on Sunday, an interior ministry official told Agence France Presse.

"The seven Iranians were freed today and have left the country," said Ezzedine al-Fazzani, a spokesman for the interior ministry in the east.

A Libyan Red Crescent official, Qais al-Fahry, confirmed the team "was released today and left Benghazi for Turkey," from where they would continue on to Iran.

"They were in good health and happy to be heading home," he said.

Gunmen kidnapped the visiting delegation on July 31, the Libyan Red Crescent reported at the time.