Iran Frees Scholar After More than Four Months in Prison


NEW YORK, September 20 /PRNewswire/ --

The Open Society Institute is relieved that Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh has been
allowed to leave Evin Prison and be reunited with his wife in Tehran.

It is our hope that the ordeal for this distinguished scholar and his
family has finally come to a close.

Web site: http://www.soros.org

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