Iran Releases Newsweek Reporter Maziar Bahari After Four Months

Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari has been released in Iran after being held since the controversial elections in late June, the magazine announced today. Newsweek has pleaded for Bahari's release face to face with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and U.S. diplomats had discussed the matter in meetings with Iranian officials in Geneva recently...

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