French case against Iran opposition group dropped

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PARIS (AP) — French judges have thrown out terrorism-linked charges against nine members of an exiled Iranian opposition group, closing the last part of a case that began 11 years ago with mass arrests that provoked several deaths by protesters setting themselves afire.

The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed Wednesday the case against the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq was closed.

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