May 18, 2010 5:38 PM

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France releases killer of ex-Iran PM

A French court has ordered the release of an Iranian convicted for the 1991 murder of Iran's ex-Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar. His lawyer said Ali Vakili Rad was expected to be released from prison and flown home to Tehran. <br/><br/>Vakili Rad was convicted in 1994 for assassinating Mr Bakhtiar, who had fled Iran after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. <br/><br/>The move comes just days after Iran freed French teacher Clotilde Reiss, who was charged with spying after Iran's disputed presidential election.<br/>

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