Iason Athanasiadis to be freed

Some good news from Iran regarding my friend Iason Athanasiadis , the Greek journalist arrested in Tehran : Iason Athanasiadis, the 30-year-old Greek correspondent for the Washington Times who had been covering Iran’s disputed presidential election until he was arrested in Teheran two weeks ago, is to be freed by Sunday morning, Iran’s ambassador in Athens has told Kathimerini. “We are pleased to confirm that within the next 48 hours the Greek... [read full story]                    

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