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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.
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 longer used for commercial flights in the evening, according to AFP TV images.
British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris (pictured) said on Thursday that he will not call an election to the Northern Ireland assembly next week, amid talks on changing pos.