"... Ali Vakili Rad, who was jailed for life in 1994 for the assassination of Shahpour Bakhtiar, was released two days after the liberation of Clotilde Reiss, a French teaching assistant accused of spying by the Iranian courts.
Despite vehement denials from both Paris and Tehran, the timing of the returns has sparked accusations of behind the scenes diplomatic deal-making. After almost a year being held in Iran on espionage charges, 24-year-old Reiss saw her prison sentence commuted to a fine on Saturday and was back in France a day later ..."
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