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11 March 2010 [14:05] - Today.Az
An Iranian pro-reform Web site says authorities have released a former senior official detained for suspected involvement in the country's postelection turmoil.
Former deputy interior minister Mostafa Tajzadeh was freed on Wednesday.
Tajzadeh was arrested June 13, a day after the country's disputed election that won President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a second 4-year term.
He was among more than 100 political figures and activists who were put on a mass trial following the crackdown on opposition supporters who claim Ahmadinejad won by a fraud.
The release comes ahead of the Iranian New Year later in March, when authorities traditionally release some prisoners in a symbolic act.
/Trend News/
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