Iran releases UK embassy staffer on bail

Iran has released on bail Hossein Rassam, head of the security and political division of the British Embassy in Tehran, who was arrested over alleged involvement in post-election riots in the country.

“A bail of 100 million tomans (100,000 dollars) has been paid for the release of Hossein Rassam,” his lawyer Abdolsamad Khorramshahi told Press TV on Sunday.

Rassam was arrested on June 27, along with eight other embassy staffers who have since been released.

They were all detained on charges of instigating the post-vote violence.

Earlier reports claimed that Rassam played a key role in providing guidance to diplomats and reporters of the British media during the recent unrest that erupted after Iran’s June 12 presidential election.

Senior Iranian cleric Ahmad Jannati, the chief of the Guardian Council, said on July 3 that some of the embassy staff would be tried over the unrest.

Iran blamed foreign powers, namely Britain, for ‘interference’ in its internal affairs and for playing a significant role in fueling the post-vote unrest, which claimed the lives of at least 20 people.