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Iran frees two senior reformist figures arrested after protests
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have freed two senior reformist figures who were arrested in recent days following anti-government protests in January, local media reports.
“Javad Emam and Ebrahim Asgharzadeh were released a few minutes ago after posting bail,” their lawyer, Hojjat Kermani, said in an interview with the ISNA news agency published yesterday.
Asgharzadeh is a former member of parliament, and Emam is the spokesman of the Reformist Front, the main coalition of the reformist camp.
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