29 Mar 2024
Tuesday 20 August 2013 - 18:00
Story Code : 45855

Iranian jailed lawyer, Javid Houtan Kian released

Javid Houtan Kian, a jailed Iranian lawyer, was released on Monday August 19 after three years in prison.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports that Houtan Kian was released from Tabriz Prison at 10 AM on Monday.

Houtan Kian was the lawyer for Sakineh Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to stoning on a charge of murder.

Houtan Kian was meeting two German journalists in September of 2010, together with Ashtianis son, when all four were arrested.

Houtan Kian was accused of promoting adverse publicity for the country and sentenced to jail.

Sakineh Ashtianis stoning sentence has been suspended.

By Radio Zamaneh

 

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