Prominent Iranian dissident Hossein Ronaghi and former national soccer team player Voria Ghafouri have been released on bail, according to Iran state media Saturday.
The two are among the dozens of prominent rights activists, journalists and lawyers who have been arrested amid Iran’s crackdown on protests that were ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini.
Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, died Sept. 16 after being detained by the country's so-called morality police for not following the nation's strict dress code.
"Voria Ghafouri and Hossein Ronaghi were released on bail," Iran's Fars news agency said Saturday on its social media accounts.
Ghafouri, who is Kurdish, was arrested Thursday. He is one of at least four current and veteran Iranian soccer players – the other three are Hossein Mahini, Parviz Broumand, and Hamidreza Ali Asgari – taken into custody on charges of participating in or supporting the popular protests.
