Iran might release two German reporters who were arrested two months ago in north-western Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday, DPA reported.
"As Christmas is approaching, the two German prisoners might be released and be reunited with their families," he said in his weekly press briefing.
Mehmanparast said that the Foreign Ministry was following the case which is in the hands of the judiciary.
The two reporters from the Bild am Sonntag weekly were arrested in October after they wanted to interview the son and the lawyer of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery and also accused of having murdered her husband.
The two entered Iran as tourists and had no media accreditation. Another charge against them was cooperation with Iranian dissidents in Germany.
Iran might release German reporters, spokesman says
Iran might release two German reporters who were arrested two months ago in north-western Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday.
