Tehran - Tehran freed on Saturday Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, who was arrested during violent post-election protests in June, the semi-official news agency ILNA reported.
"Maziar Bahari was freed from Evin prison on Saturday evening after paying bail worth three billion rials," ILNA said, citing Tehran's prosecution office.
The report said Bahari was arrested in June and charged with propagating against the regime by sending false election reports, disrupting public order by participating in illegal gatherings, and holding classified documents.
It did not provide any further details.
Previously, a lawyer acting for Bahari said in July his client was accused of having acted against Iran's national security.
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Bahari, an Iranian-born Canadian journalist with Newsweek magazine, was arrested after the June 12 presidential election won by the incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He has lived in Iran for 10 years.
Canada has repeatedly asked for his immediate release.
Iran does not recognise the Canadian citizenship of Iranians who hold dual nationality. - Sapa-AFP
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