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Iran frees Ahmadinejad ally connected to deathsAP TEHRAN--Iranian authorities released a close ally of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from custody on Wednesday, a day after the president denounced the arrest and pledged to pursue the case, the official IRNA news agency reported.
February 7, 2013, 12:03 am TWN The report quoted an unnamed official as saying Saeed Mortazavi, a senior official who once served as Tehran's prosecutor general, has been released. Mortazavi has been at the center of an escalating confrontation between Ahmadinejad and his conservative rivals in parliament ahead of the June presidential election.
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