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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Spaniard imprisoned in Iran after visiting grave of Mahsa Amini arrives home after release

Bernat Armangue

A Spaniard who spent 15 months in an Iranian prison after visiting the tomb of Mahsa Amini returned home to Madrid on Tuesday after being released.

“I can’t believe it. This has been very hard, but I am here. We have no idea how fortunate we are to have been born in his country,” Santiago Sánchez Cogedor told a group of reporters at the airport after he was embraced by family and friends upon arrival.

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