<![CDATA[Iason Athanasiadis: Iran Releases British-Greek Reporter Held For Weeks]]>

1.0 link 225891 <![CDATA[Iason Athanasiadis: Iran Releases British-Greek Reporter Held For Weeks]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/05/iason-athanasiadis-iran-r_n_225891.html TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Sunday it has released a British-Greek journalist detained for two weeks during its postelection crackdown as opposition forces pressing their claims of fraud called for parliament to dismiss President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The freelance reporter for The Washington Times was accused Sunday of "illegal activities" during the protests that followed the June 12 presidential election. He was believed to be the only journalist without Iranian citizenship among the hundreds of journalists, bloggers and activists detained.

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