Iran Releases US-British-Iranian Conservationist on Furlough

Roxanne Tahbaz holds a photograph of her father, Morad Tahbaz, outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London, on April 13, 2022. Rob Pinney/Getty Images

A British-U.S.-Iranian environmentalist who has spent more than four years in an Iranian prison has been released on furlough with an electronic tag.

Morad Tahbaz, 66, has been released from the Evin prison and is at his family’s home in the Iranian capital Tehran, Britain’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said on July 27.