Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, one of the Iranian student leaders of the 1979 US Embassy takeover, speaks in an interview with The Associated Press in Tehran, Iran, on October 29, 2019. VAHID SALEMI / AP
Iranian authorities have released on bail two senior reformist figures who were arrested in recent days following anti-government protests in January, local media reported.
"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 on Thursday, February 12. 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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