Mr Abbas Lessani released
Mr Abbas is one of well known political and civil activists in South Azerbaijan. Forty one years old Lessani is an Azerbaijan's poet and was University lecturer. Mr Lessani was arrested and imprisoned for two and half years because of publishing an Azerbaijani calendar and taking part in mass demonstrations across the South Azerbaijan on May 2006.
He was imprisoned in Ahar in South Azerbaijan but later he was transferred to Yazd prison in one of Persian towns. Mr Lessani protested against his transition and court's unfair decisions and he had been on hunger strike for 15 days. He was threatened that he must not live in Azerbaijan otherwise he will be arrested after any protest or demonstration.
Also during his imprisonment his wife Rogey Alizadeh mother of three children were arrested two times.
Mr Lessani was released on Wednesday 29 October 2008.
Solgunaz congratulate Mr Lessani's Family and thank Mr lessani for hard
resistance under pressure of Iran's fascist forces and their dreadful prisons.