Tehran releases British environmentalist on bail

Sadraddin Ismayilov
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Tehran has released Murad Takhbaz, an environmentalist from Great Britain of Iranian origin, on bail, Murad Tahbaz's lawyer Hojjat Kermani said, Report informs via ILNA.

"Tahbaz was released on bail with an electronic bracelet," the lawyer said.

Murad Tahbaz is also a US citizen.

Eight people - Nillufar Bayani, Tahir Qadirian, Amir Hossein Khalegi, Human Joukar, Sepideh Kashani, Abdulreza Kuhpaye, Sam Rajabi and Murad Tahbaz - were arrested for "threatening the national security of Iran" in 2018. These environmentalists were studying the endangered Asiatic cheetah. There are 50 of this species left in Iran.

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