Front Line welcomes the release of human rights defender, Mr Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, who has been released today on bail of 500 million Toman (USD 500.000). Mohammad Ali Dadkhah is a prominent human rights lawyer and founding member of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC). On 6 July 2009, security officers arrested Mohammad Ali Dadkhah at his office in Tehran as he and other lawyers met to review the new by-laws restricting the work of the Bar Association. Please see the original Front Line appeal on behalf of Mohammad Ali Dadkhah: See Original Front Line appeal on behalf of detained human rights defenders

Front Line remains deeply concerned about other human rights defenders who remain in detention following the post-election protests of June 2009. Front Line calls upon the authorities in Iran to drop all charges against Mohammad Ali Dadkhah and other human rights defenders who were targeted because of there work in defending human rights. See latest update on the situation of human rights defenders in Iran: See Original Front Line update on detained human rights defenders