Iranian rights defender Narges Mohammadi released from prison

Mohammadi served more than eight years in prison on a dubious national security conviction.
File Picture dated June 25, 2007 shows Iranian opposition human rights activist, Narges Mohammadi, at the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran. Mohammadi an aide to Iranian Nobel peace winner Shirin Ebadi has been arrested before the anniversary of Iran's disputed presidential election, Ebadi's rights groups said on June 11, 2010. / AFP / BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty Images)
This picture dated June 25, 2007, shows Iranian opposition human rights activist Narges Mohammadi at the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran. - BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty Images
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After serving more than eight years in an Iranian prison, prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi’s sentence was cut short and she was released on Wednesday, her husband and Iranian media outlets confirmed.

“Narges was released from Zanjan prison at 3 a.m.,” tweeted Taghi Rahmani, who lives in France with the couple’s two children. “Wishing freedom for all prisoners,” he added.  

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