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The Iranian Judiciary announced on Saturday the release of two German nationals imprisoned since October in the north-west of the country after being convicted of espionage, official media reported. "They were released and will be transferred Tehran to be handed over to embassy officials in Germany, "he told the media in charge of justice Tabriz.
"Their prison sentence was commuted to a fine of 50,000 dollars each payable in cash (...) They will be released once this payment, "was previously an official of the Revolutionary Court.
According to the official ISNA news agency they had been convicted at trial and sentenced to 20 months in prison before being "(...) pardoned in the name of Islamic clemency. "They were arrested shortly after meeting the son of Sakineh Ashtani Mohammadi, an Iranian mother whose conviction in the death penalty by stoning for adultery and complicity in the murder of her husband was suspended in the wake of the emotion in the world.
The Iranians claim that two Germans had entered Iran in possession of a tourist visa and they worked as journalists illegally. Berlin demanded the release of its two nationals.
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