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Iran opposition activist free after serving term

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A semi-official Iranian news agency says a prominent opposition figure has left prison after serving his five-year sentence.

Thursday’s report by ISNA quotes an unnamed official as saying authorities released Behzad Nabavi, a deputy parliament speaker in the 1990s and a close ally of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.

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