TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, arrested after the disputed presidential election in June, has been freed on bail, Iran’s judiciary said on Saturday.
“Bahari was released on 3 billion rials ($300,000) bail from Evin prison on Saturday night,” the semi-official ILNA news agency quoted a judiciary source as saying.
Bahari, who has been working for Newsweek magazine since 1998, was arrested on June 21 in Tehran while covering the election and post-election unrest. He was charged later with espionage, and could face execution if convicted.
Opposition leaders say the election was rigged to secure the re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iranian authorities have denied the allegation.
The opposition says more than 70 people were killed in the unrest, more than double the official estimate.
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