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Iran frees prominent rights lawyer Sotoudeh on bail, reports say

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DUBAI, May ‌13 (Reuters) - Iran has released on ​bail prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, ⁠who was arrested in early April in a crackdown during the conflict ​with the United States and Israel, Iranian ‌news agencies and her daughter said on Wednesday.

Nournews, affiliated with Iran's top security body, ⁠said Sotoudeh was freed ⁠on bail, without referring to any charges she might still face. Mehraveh Khandan, Sotoudeh's daughter, confirmed her mother's ‌release in a post on social media.

Sotoudeh, ⁠recipient of prizes including ‌the 2012 Sakharov Prize ​from the European Parliament, has been jailed multiple times on security charges ‌linked to her human ​rights advocacy.

On ⁠Sunday, Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize ‌winner Narges Mohammadi ⁠was moved to a hospital in the capital Tehran, after being granted a ​suspension of her ‌sentence on heavy bail, a foundation ⁠run by her ​family said.

(Reporting by Dubai newsroom; editing ​by Philippa Fletcher)

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