What's going on: American freed after 29 months in Iranian jail

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Vahid Salemi / The Associated Press Iranian-American businessman Reza Taghavi, 71, at his home a day after he was released from Evin prison in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010. Taghavi said Sunday he spent more than two-years in a Tehran prison simply for handing over $200 in cash to a man in Iran that an acquaintance in the United States had given him, and continues to stress his innocence in any wrongdoing.

From ABC News:

Carrying a small bag and showing a relieved smile, Reza Taghavi, a 71-year-old businessman from Los Angeles, walked out of Tehran's Evin prison yesterday after 29 months behind bars.

"Sometimes I feel relief, sometimes, I feel angry. What happened? 2 ½ years for what?" he told ABC News in an exclusive interview. "I'm 71 years old. I don't have time. 2 ½ years is a long time for a 71-year-old man to be in jail." ...

Held in the same prison as American hikers Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, Taghavi was arrested in May 2008 and accused of passing $200 to an alleged anti-regime terrorist group called 'Tondar'. Taghavi maintained -- and the Iranian authorities eventually agreed -- that he did so unwittingly, carrying what he thought was a gift to someone in need in Tehran. ...

Taghavi described his imprisonment as exhausting, living with 33 fellow inmates in a cell with only 16 beds -- the oldest inmates, including him, were able to avoid sleeping on the floor.

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