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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Adelkhah at Home after Release from Iran Prison

Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah. AFP

The release of Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah is final, though it is still unclear how much longer she will have to stay in Iran before returning to France, her lawyer said on Saturday.

In announcing Adelkhah’s release on Friday, the French foreign ministry, called that Adelkhah's freedoms be restored, "including returning to France if she wishes.”

“She was freed last night and is now at her home,” Hojjat Kermani told Reuters.

Up until Adelkhah's release, seven French citizens were being held by Iran, according to the French foreign ministry.

They are among two dozen foreign nationals campaigners say Iran has jailed in a strategy of hostage-taking to extract concessions from the West.

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