Saeed Malekpour: Web designer escapes life sentence in Iran
In comments shared by the Iranian judiciary's official news agency Mizan Online, spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said Mr Malekpour was was on a"three-day prison leave" and"barred from leaving the country".Payam Akhavan, an international law professor who has been involved in the case, told Canadian media:"He was temporarily released from prison in Iran following pressure from United Nations human rights bodies, and he was to report to the prison authorities again.
"The nightmare is finally over. He is back home and reunited with his sister. Thank you Canada for your leadership," she wrote.
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