Iranian musician and filmmaker Bashir Biazar, who was illegally arrested and imprisoned in France, has been released and is on his way back to the country.
The public relations division of the Iranian presidency announced it in a statement on Wednesday.
Biazar spent almost a month in a French jail after his arrest and imprisonment in France over charges that were widely described as politically motivated.
Biazar was summoned by French police without explanation or warrant on June 4 and was arrested upon his arrival at the police station, after which he was sent to a jail meant for illegal migrants.
In a chargesheet filed by the French interior ministry, a copy of which is in the possession of Press TV, Biazar was accused of “Iranian propaganda,” “anti-Zionism and anti-Americanism,” “hateful social media posts,” being a “vector of hatred,” and posing a “threat to public order in France.”
Human rights activists, officials, and Biazar’s family and friends categorically rejected the charges as baseless and driven by the French government’s political agenda against the Islamic Republic.
Born and raised in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Biazar is a noted independent music composer and filmmaker whose works have been critically acclaimed internationally.
He has previously served as managing director of the New Horizon Institute of Arts and Culture and was the secretary of the London-based Islamic Student Association.
