“Based on an approval of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and the general interests of the Islamic Republic, four Iranian prisoners with dual-nationality were freed today within the framework of a prisoner swap deal,” the Tehran prosecutor said, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
The Associated Press, citing an unnamed source close to the Iranian judiciary, also reported Rezaian had been released. Rezaian, the Washington Post’s Iran bureau chief, had been held in a prison in Tehran since his arrest in July 2014, according to the Post.
newz.gr
16/1/16
--
-
Related:
GR
FR
DE
ES
IT
RU
EU
Iran frees Washington Post reporter and three others in prisoner swap...
ReplyDeleteIran released Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian on Saturday, according to FRANCE 24 Tehran correspondent Mariam Pirzadeh. Three other dual nationals were also freed in a prisoner swap, the semi-official Fars news agency said.
In line with orders from the Supreme National Security Council and in the national interest, four Iranian dual national prisoners have been released in a prisoner swap," Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi was quoted as saying.
The announcement came as Iran and world powers led by the US were expected to finally implement last July's nuclear deal, which will lift international sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic.......http://www.france24.com/en/20160116-iran-frees-washington-post-journalist-prisoner-swap
Iran Frees 4 Iranian-American Prisoners ...
ReplyDeleteIran said Saturday it is releasing four Iranian-Americans as part of a prisoner swap. Iranian media report that jailed Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian is among them.
Iran did not immediately identify the four prisoners it is releasing, but Tehran's public prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi said the release was "in line with orders from the Supreme National Security Council."
The move comes as Iran prepares for the lifting of sanctions put in place for its nuclear program.
Rezaian, the newspaper's Tehran bureau chief, holds dual U.S. and Iranian citizenship. He has been imprisoned for more than 500 days and was convicted last year of espionage in a closed-door trial.
Tehran is believed to be holding three other Americans, including Amir Hekmati, a former U.S. Marine who was arrested during a family visit to Tehran in 2011, and Saeed Abedini, a Christian pastor arrested in the Iranian capital in 2012 in similar circumstances......http://www.voanews.com/content/four-americans-freed-in-iran/3148775.html