Leading Iran democracy dissident release highly important sign of potential thawing in repression

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Iranian rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh freed

AFP – Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and several political prisoners jailed for their involvement in the 2009 anti-government protests were released on Wednesday, reports said. The reports came a week before new moderate President.

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