Film director Jafar Panahi 'to be released on bail' in Iran

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Source: reuters/the guardian

The jailed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi, who has been on hunger strike for more than a week, is expected to be released today on bail of 2bn rials (£140,000), his wife said.

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"Based on what we have been told, Panahi will be released tonight between 7 and 11 pm (1430-1830GMT)," his wife, Tahereh Saeedi, said. She said the bail had already been deposited.

Panahi is held at Tehran's Evin jail, where human rights groups say many political prisoners are detained.

Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said yesterday that Panahi would be released on bail, but did not say when it would happen.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/may/25/jafar-panahi-iran-release

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