DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian security forces have released leading human rights advocate Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was detained after leading a protest against what she called unfair legal practices in the Islamic Republic, she said on Sunday. The lawyer and activist was picked up along with several friends on Saturday on their way back from a sit-in outside Tehran's Bar Association in Tehran. They were freed after a brief background check, leaving only Sotoudeh in custody. "I was held for seven hours and then set free," she told Reuters by telephone from Tehran. ... Read More http://ift.tt/1wwnwGT
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