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Iran Frees Scholar After More Than Four Months in Prison

NEW YORK—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.

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