Mr Nouri arrived home on Sunday afternoon from the Evin prison in northern Tehran, a relative said.

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Evin O'Riordain, founder of The Kernel Brewery, even donated his old brewing kit to Partizan to help the company get started in 2012.

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Mr Mortazavi was arrested earlier this month and held for two days in Tehran's Evin prison, before he was released, Iranian media said.

BBC: Saeed Mortazavi (file photo)

Esfandiari, director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, had been jailed largely incommunicado at Tehran's Evin prison.

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Roxana Saberi, 32, had been drinking water but eating no food in protest at her detention at Tehran's Evin prison, according to her father, Reza Saberi.

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