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(eca071): Iran releases Greek-British correspondent (Extra)

Jul 5, 2009, 13:28 GMT

Tehran - Iran on Sunday released a detained Greek-British correspondent of the Washington Times, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said. The spokesman said on the website of state television network IRIB that despite 'professional violations' by Iason Athanasiadis , the correspondent had been freed for humanitarian reasons and after mediation by the Iranian embassy in Athens and the Iranian UN office in New York. Athanasiadis was previously declared as persona non grata by the Iranian authorities but allowed to enter the country again to covering the June 12 presidential election, the spokesman said. Athanasiadis was arrested two weeks ago, reportedly for covering the protest demonstrations over alleged election fraud, despite a ban on the Western media directly covering the unrest.

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