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
JUSTICE: French court opposes Iranian engineer’s extradition to US
The Paris court of appeals on Wednesday rejected a request to extradite Iranian engineer Majid Kakavand to the United States, where he has been accused of illegally furnishing Iran with technology that could be used for military purposes. Read More