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PARIS: Iran on Friday released two French citizens jailed in separate cases, France said, urging Tehran to release four others still detained in the Islamic republic.

Early May, the Iranian regime’s president Ebrahim Raisi flew to Damascus and met with his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, notoriously famed as the

Iran on Friday released two French citizens, including one also holding Irish nationality, as Paris urged Tehran to free other foreigners jailed by the Islamic republic.French-Irish citizen Bernard Phelan, held since October, and Frenchman Benjamin Briere, whose ordeal in Iran lasted two years, were freed from their prison in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the French foreign ministry said. They rapidly boarded a special flight to Paris and landed at the capital's Le Bourget airport -- no...

PARIS: Iran executed seven men in two prisons outside Tehran on drugs and rape charges Wednesday, a rights group said. Three men were executed on drug-related charges in Ghezal Hesar Prison in the city of Karaj outside Tehran, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights NGO said. It added that four other men were hanged on rape charges in Rajai Shahr Prison, also in Karaj.

IHR says the latest hangings mean Iran has seen at least 64 executions in the last 12 days alone.

TEHERAN: Teheran opened its arms today [May 10] to give an enthusiastic and fraternal welcome to President Bhutto ...

Iran executed seven men Wednesday on drug and rape charges, rights groups said, amid the UN denouncing of the "frighteningly" high number of executions in the country in the first five months of the year. Three men were executed on drug-related charges in Ghezal Hesar prison in the city of Karaj outside Tehran, said Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based NGO. It added that four other men were hanged on rape charges in Rajai Shahr prison, also in Karaj.

IHR said the latest hangings mean Iran has seen at least 64 executions in the last 12 days alone

The United Nations estimated that more than 200 people have been executed this year so far, as authorities battle internal protests.

Iran executed seven men Wednesday in two prisons outside Tehran on drug and rape charges, a rights group said, accelerating what activists describe as a hanging spree over the past two weeks. The United Nations had warned on Tuesday of a "frighteningly" high number of executions in the country after a rare execution on Monday…