Iran executes six fighters accused of ties to Israel

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Iran has said it executed six death-row inmates it alleges carried out attacks in the country’s oil-rich southwest on behalf of Israel. Iran's judiciary said on Saturday that the men killed police officers and security forces, as well as orchestrated bombings targeting sites around Khorramshahr in Iran’s restive Khuzestan province. "The death sentence for six separatist terrorist elements, who in recent years