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- He was handed over to his country鈥檚 ambassador to arrange his exit
- Mizan did not specify the crime for which Weber was jailed
TEHRAN: Iranian authorities have released Austrian citizen Christian Weber, detained for crimes committed in Iran鈥檚 West Azerbaijan Province, to Austria鈥檚 ambassador in Tehran, the Iranian judiciary鈥檚 Mizan news agency reported on Tuesday.
Austria had said in 2022 one of its citizens was arrested in Iran for charges not related to protests that broke out in the country after the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman, in custody.
The news agency said the Austrian citizen was freed in consideration of Islamic mercy. He was handed over to his country鈥檚 ambassador to arrange his exit, the agency said.
Mizan did not specify the crime for which Weber was jailed. Calls to the Austrian embassy before regular office hours went unanswered.
The death of 22-year-old Amini in September 2022 while in custody for allegedly flouting Iran鈥檚 Islamic dress code unleashed months of protests in the biggest challenge to the Islamic republic鈥檚 clerical leaders in decades.