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June 28th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Salehi also noted during a Tehran press briefing upon his Wednesday’s return from official visits to Cyprus and Kazakhstan that Iran’s participation in the upcoming Russian-sponsored conference on Syria remains uncertain.
The top Iranian diplomat also said that his ministry made tireless efforts to halt the executions and convince Saudi authorities to transfer the Iranian prisoners to Iran for prosecution and due punishment.
Salehi also clarified that no Iranians have been executed in Saudi Arabia for political reasons or pilgrimage rituals, advising Iranian travelers to foreign nations to take adequate care in learning about and observing local regulations.
He also emphasized that as the result of Iranian Foreign Ministry’s efforts, over 700 Iranian travelers have been released from foreign prisons “from East Asian countries to Persian Gulf states.”
Salehi further announced that Iran has proposed “two to three” prisoner extradition agreements to Saudi Arabia, but Riyadh has so far refused to accept them.
On April 18, Press TV reported that Saudi officials had executed eight Iranian sailors in the eastern city of Dammam without any legal proceedings.
According to the Saudi Al-Tagheer news channel, the executions were carried out on April 15 on the order of the Saudi Interior Ministry.
On May 30, the Persian-language Tabnak news website reported that Saudi officials in Dammam executed 10 more Iranian citizens.
The website added that a total of 25 Iranians were kept at Dammam prison of whom 18 were executed in two stages.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Tuesday that Iran will dispatch a delegation of legal experts and diplomats from the ministry along with the lawyers of the executed and detained Iranians in Saudi Arabia “and the Saudi government must be held accountable for its actions.”
He further emphasized that the Saudi officials’ ‘inhumane’ move ran counter to and flouted international norms as the Iranian sailors were denied consular access.”
The Iranian sailors were detained six years ago onboard a fishing boat in international waters 70 miles off the coast of Saudi Arabia on charges of ‘drug possession.’
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