TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran has freed two German reporters held for interviewing the son and lawyer of a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, after commuting their jail terms to 50,000-dollar fines, state media announced on Saturday. “The two accused detained in Tabriz have been released and are…
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