111.   It said the Iranian diplomat was the second from that country to be deported.

112.   Last week the Taliban leadership said it discovered the bodies of nine slain Iranian diplomats.

113.   Last year, Jordan expelled an Iranian diplomat after accusing him of spying in the kingdom.

114.   Later, Kharrazi appealed to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to intervene to secure the release of the Iranian diplomats, IRNA said.

115.   Meanwhile, the Iranian consul in Herat, Mohammad Alavizadeh, said Iranian diplomats were back in the city and preparations were under way to reopen the consulate soon.

116.   Most of the demonstrators had earlier Friday taken part in the funeral procession for three Iranian diplomats slain in Afghanistan.

117.   Mujahid denied responsibility for the murder of Iranian diplomats or civilians.

118.   Niyazi, the Taliban spokesman, said his troops occupied the Iranian consulate in order to protect Iranian diplomats, but found none there.

119.   On Sunday, the Taliban returned the bodies of three slain Iranian diplomats.

120.   On Thursday, Iranian diplomats rejected demands by European Union representatives to withdraw the sentence.