Middle East
Iraq frees 2 Iranian detainees
Reporting from Beirut and TehranTwo Iranians arrested by U.S. forces in neighboring Iraq were released Friday, a day after Iran allowed three young Americans detained in the Islamic Republic since last July to meet with their visiting mothers. Iraqi officials handed the detainees to Iran's embassy in Baghdad this morning, and they will leave for Iran as soon as possible, a report on the website of state-owned English-language Press TV said.