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| Iran bails last US dual national | Iran bails last US dual national |
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| Iran has released on bail the last of three Iranian-Americans whom it had detained on security grounds, judicial sources in Tehran say. | Iran has released on bail the last of three Iranian-Americans whom it had detained on security grounds, judicial sources in Tehran say. |
| California-based peace activist Ali Shakeri was bailed for a billion riyals ($100,000), the sources said. | California-based peace activist Ali Shakeri was bailed for a billion riyals ($100,000), the sources said. |
| He would need special permission from a judge if he wanted to leave Iran, the sources added. | He would need special permission from a judge if he wanted to leave Iran, the sources added. |
| He was arrested in May along with academics Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh who were also freed recently. | He was arrested in May along with academics Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh who were also freed recently. |
| News of his release came just ahead of a scheduled address by President Ahmadinejad to the United Nations General Assembly. | News of his release came just ahead of a scheduled address by President Ahmadinejad to the United Nations General Assembly. |
| A fourth Iranian-American, journalist Parnaz Azima, was kept in Iran for eight months after her passport was confiscated. She was also allowed to return to the US a week ago. | A fourth Iranian-American, journalist Parnaz Azima, was kept in Iran for eight months after her passport was confiscated. She was also allowed to return to the US a week ago. |
| The detentions increased tension between the US and Iran, which Washington accuses of seeking a clandestine nuclear arms capability and fuelling violence in Iraq. Iran denies both accusations. | The detentions increased tension between the US and Iran, which Washington accuses of seeking a clandestine nuclear arms capability and fuelling violence in Iraq. Iran denies both accusations. |
| Without charge | Without charge |
| Mr Shakeri, of the University of California's Center for Citizen Peacebuilding, was arrested in May as he was about to leave Iran and taken to Evin prison. | Mr Shakeri, of the University of California's Center for Citizen Peacebuilding, was arrested in May as he was about to leave Iran and taken to Evin prison. |
| He had travelled to the country two months earlier to visit his ailing mother. | He had travelled to the country two months earlier to visit his ailing mother. |
| New York-based group Human Rights Watch said the 59-year-old had been held in solitary confinement at Evin for more than four months without charge. | New York-based group Human Rights Watch said the 59-year-old had been held in solitary confinement at Evin for more than four months without charge. |
| Ms Esfandiari was released on bail in August and was allowed to return to the US earlier in September. Mr Tajbakhsh was also released on bail last week. | Ms Esfandiari was released on bail in August and was allowed to return to the US earlier in September. Mr Tajbakhsh was also released on bail last week. |
| The BBC's Pam O'Toole says there had been suggestions the dual nationals' continued detentions might have embarrassed Mr Ahmadinejad during his visit to New York. | The BBC's Pam O'Toole says there had been suggestions the dual nationals' continued detentions might have embarrassed Mr Ahmadinejad during his visit to New York. |
| Iranian media had accused them of spying for the US and Israel, but there is no indication any of them were charged. |