Washington, DC – The Iranian government today announced that it had released Iranian-American scholar Dr. Haleh Esfandiari from prison.  Dr. Esfandiari, who had been imprisoned since May, is one of four Iranian-Americans that have been detained in Iran in recent months.

The following is a brief statement from U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.):

“I am delighted that the Government of Iran has released Dr. Esfandiari from prison. I thank the Iranian Government for today’s action.

The next step is to allow her to leave the country and to release the three remaining Iranian-Americans that are being falsely detained.

I hope that both the Iranian and the U.S. Government will use diplomacy to resolve this matter and other important policy disputes.”

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