Tehran, July 19: The election sparked weeks of protests by critics of President Ahmadinejad
Iran has released on bail the last of the British embassy employees arrested in Tehran in connection with last month’s election protests.
He was one of nine local embassy staff originally held, and has been charged with inciting the unrest over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election.
The man – the embassy’s chief political analyst – is due to stand trial soon.
Britain has denied Tehran’s accusations that embassy staff had been involved in instigating mass demonstrations.
Abdolsamad Khorramshahi, a lawyer for the released employee, said he had left Tehran’s Evin prison, and that bail had been set at about $100,000 (£61,000).
All gatherings were banned and the protests have died down in recent weeks.
Iran has repeatedly accused foreign powers – especially Britain and the US – of stoking the demonstrations.
Opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi says the vote was rigged in favour of Mr Ahmadinejad.
The president and Iran’s main election body, the Council of Guardians, have rejected the charge.
On Friday former President Ali Akbar Rafsanjani called for the release of jailed protesters.
Speaking at Tehran University, he also said many Iranians still doubted the election results, and that the media should be allowed to discuss the dispute openly.
“It is not necessary to pressure media. We should allow them to work freely within the law,” he said.
As Mr Rafsanjani spoke, thousands of opposition supporters rallied near the university – the first opposition demonstration for more than a week.
–Agencies