Retired businessman Reza Taghavi was released Saturday , his lawyer says . In 2008 , Taghavi was arrested on suspicion of supporting an anti-regime group . Taghavi 's lawyer , Pierre-Richard Prosper , had been negotiating Taghavi 's release since September 2009 . He spent a year in prison and then fled to the U.S. TL;DR
Retired businessman Reza Taghavi was released Saturday , his lawyer says . In 2008 , Taghavi was arrested on suspicion of supporting an anti-regime group . He spent a year in prison and then fled to the U.S. TL;DR