DUBAI (Reuters) - Nasrin Sotoudeh, seen by human rights groups as Iran's highest profile political prisoner, was freed on Wednesday, her husband said, in another sign that hardline policies may be easing under a new president.
Other prisoners linked to the mass protests after the disputed 2009 re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were also freed, opposition website Kaleme reported, raising hopes among activists for a possible reconciliation between Iran's conservative religious leadership and its pro-reform critics.