Azerbaijan, Baku, Mar. 31 /Trend S. Isayev, T. Jafarov/
Iran is co-operating closely with Qatar and Turkey to free the remaining Iranian engineers that are held in captivity in Syria, General Director of the Iranian Foreign Ministry department for Iranian expatriates Kazem Sajjadi said, Fars reported.
Sajjadi noted that Iranian consulate in Turkey helped Iran to transfer five captured Iranian pilgrims back to Tehran.
Earlier today, five Iranian pilgrims, who have earlier been captured in Syria's Homs city by armed unknowns, returned to Tehran. In the airport they were welcomed by the spokesman of Iranian FM, Ramin Mehmanparast.
"The remaining six pilgrims in Syria are in good health, and we are holding consultations so that they would be able to return to Tehran soon," Sajjadi noted.
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