Iran has released on bail prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was arrested in early April in a crackdown during the war with the United States and Israel, Iranian news agencies and her daughter say.
Nournews, affiliated with Iran’s top security body, says Sotoudeh was freed on bail, without referring to any charges she might still face. Mehraveh Khandan, Sotoudeh’s daughter, confirms her mother’s release in a post on social media.
Sotoudeh, recipient of prizes including the 2012 Sakharov Prize from the European Parliament, has been jailed multiple times on security charges linked to her human rights advocacy.
On Sunday, Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was moved to a hospital in the capital Tehran, after being granted a suspension of her sentence on heavy bail, a foundation run by her family said.
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