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WORLD IN BRIEF : SWITZERLAND : Iran Murder Suspect Refuses Extradition

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

An Iranian man held in Geneva on suspicion of having murdered former Iranian Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar has refused to be extradited to France immediately, a Swiss spokesman said. Justice Ministry spokesman Jorg Kistler said the suspect, Ali Vakili Rad, declined a request from a Swiss investigating judge to go to France under a simplified extradition procedure. He was arrested early Wednesday in Geneva, 15 days after Bakhtiar and his secretary were murdered at their Paris home. Bakhtiar was the last prime minister of the late Shah of Iran. Switzerland now will await a formal extradition request.

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