Iran freed on Sunday a Syrian journalist working for Dubai television who was detained during anti-government protests two weeks ago, Tehran's chief prosecutor was quoted as saying.
"This Syrian journalist was freed from jail this morning," Tehran General Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told the semi-official Fars News Agency. The same official had said on Saturday that Iran planned to release the journalist.
Eight people were killed in clashes between security forces and supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi on Ashura, a day of ritual Shi'ite mourning that fell on December 27.
It was the worst violence since protests in the immediate aftermath of a disputed presidential election in June.
Opposition protesters say the vote was rigged in favour of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which the government denies. The opposition website Rahesabz said on Wednesday that more than 180 people, including 17 journalists, 10 Mousavi aides and some members of the outlawed Baha'i faith, were arrested in the aftermath of the December 27 protests. A European diplomat was held for 24 hours. Dolatabadi said on Sunday the diplomat was Swedish.
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