Iran frees two female lawyers: website

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Iran frees two female lawyers: website

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Iran frees two female lawyers: website

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran has freed two female lawyers who were detained last weekend on security charges along with three other attorneys, an opposition website reported on Friday. Kaleme.com, the website of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, identified the two as Maryam Karbasi and Roza Gharachorlu, without providing any details about the conditions and time of their release. Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi had accused the five arrested at the weekend of "committing security crimes and acts violating the Islamic republic's norms ...

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