An airplane, sent by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, brought back home around 30 of Iranian citizens residing in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Sunday night, the Fars news agency reported.
The evacuees described the situation in Tripoli as turbulent and insecure.
They said gunshots could be heard in the streets and the entire city was under a night-time curfew.
They also expressed their gratitude for the efforts made by the Iranian Foreign Ministry to rescue them from the violence engulfing the Arab country.
According to one of the evacuees, a number of Iranian nationals working at the Iranian Embassy are still in Tripoli and some citizens living in Benghazi are scheduled to be brought back home by ship.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres said in a statement on Sunday that nearly 100,000 people have fled the violence in Libya over the past week.
The evacuation of foreign nationals has picked up speed since Gaddafi threatened to arm his supporters in order to suppress the protesters.
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