Iranian activist ends hunger strike, wife released temporarily, Tasnim says


  • World
  • Wednesday, 04 Jan 2017

ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary said on Tuesday an imprisoned human rights activist ended his hunger strike and his wife was granted a temporary release from jail, the semi-official news agency Tasnim reported.

Activist Arash Sadeghi, 36, was sentenced to a 19-year prison term in 2015 for "acting against national security, spreading lies in cyberspace, and insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic".

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