FRANCE: Sarkozy urges Zardari to step up fight against terror
Pakistani President Ali Asif Zardari’s meeting with French President Sarkozy reportedly got off to a conciliatory start, but Sarkozy did urge his counterpart to step up his country’s efforts in the fight against terror. Read More
FRANCE: Zardari meets Sarkozy on first day of European tour
Pakistani President Ali Asif Zardari’s tour of France and Britain got off to a good start on Monday, with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly praising Pakistan as a “responsible partner” after a meeting at the Élysée Palace in Paris. Read More
Ali Soumaré licencié par le maire PS de Sarcelles
Objet d’une polémique pendant la campagne des régionales sur son prétendu casier judiciaire, Ali Soumaré, élu PS à la région Ile-de-France, a été licencié de son poste de collaborateur de cabinet. Read More
FRANCE: Court grants parole to convicted killer of Iranian ex-PM
A French court ordered the conditional release Tuesday of Ali Vakili Rad (pictured), the Iranian agent jailed for the 1991 assassination of Shapour Bakhtiar, a former Iranian PM during the Shah’s era who had fled to France. Read More
FRANCE: Court grants parole to convicted killer of Iranian ex-PM, says lawyer
A French court has granted a conditional release for Ali Vakili Rad (photo), the Iranian agent jailed for the 1991 assassination of Shapour Bakhtiar, a former Iranian PM during the Shah’s era, Vakili Rad’s lawyer told reporters Tuesday. Read More
FRANCE: France to deport Iranian ex-PM’s assassin after academic freed
France has signed a deportation order Monday for Ali Vakili Rad, an Iranian agent convicted of the 1991 killing of former Iranian PM Shapour Bakhtiar in a Parisian suburb, according to a French Interior Ministry official. Read More
FRANCE: Convicted killer of Iranian ex-PM to be deported
France is set to sign a deportation order Monday for Ali Vakili Rad, an Iranian agent convicted of the 1991 killing of former Iranian PM Shapour Bakhtiar in a Parisian suburb, according to a French Interior Ministry official. Read More