Tehran, March 18: Iran has temporarily released a prominent pro-reform activist detained for suspected involvement in the country’s post-election turmoil.
Mohsen Mirdamadi was released on bail late Wednesday, his son Ali said.
Mirdamadi is the leader of Iran’s biggest reformist party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front. He had been in prison since June 13, the day after Iran’s disputed Presidential Election.
The official IRNA news agency reported on Thursday that authorities also freed on bail filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, journalist Ali Akbar Montajabi and female activist Farzaneh Qassemi.
The temporary releases come ahead of the Iranian New Year when authorities traditionally free some prisoners in a symbolic act.
Internationally renowned filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was arrested along with Rasoulof, remains in custody.
—Agencies