February 1, 2026 Iranian protester US warned was to be executed released on bail

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian protester Erfan Soltani has been released on bail, his lawyer tells AFP, after the United States warned that he was due to be executed, though Tehran denied he had been sentenced to death.

The 26-year-old “was released yesterday (Saturday) and received all of his belongings including his cellphone,” says lawyer Amir Mousakhani, adding that a bail of “two billion tomans” (around $12,600) was paid for his release.

Soltani was arrested on January 10, during recent nationwide protests in Iran.

He was held in a detention facility in Karaj outside Tehran, on charges of propaganda against Iran’s Islamic system and acting against national security, the judiciary had said in January.

The US State Department had said on its Persian-language X account that he had been sentenced to death.

Iran’s judiciary later denied that, saying his case was still under investigation and that the charges against him did not carry the death penalty.

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