Iranian dissident ends hunger strike

tehran - The most famous political prisoner in Iran, Arash Sadeghi, has ended his hunger strike after seventy days. Sadeghi was in protest against the condemnation of his wife Golrokh Iraee in October started a hunger strike. After his wife Tuesday on bail had been released, he stopped it, as his lawyer said at the news agency ISNA.

Sadeghi was taken to a hospital for a check, while Iraee was picked up by her mother. They would actually on New Year are released, but the two families were the money that was needed did not get together before the bail.

Sadeghi was in prison nineteen year for propaganda against the regime and endangering national security. When his wife got six years in prison for an unpublished story with criticism of Islam, particularly the stoning of women for adultery, he went on hunger strike. His punishment has been suspended indefinitely.