Radio Farda broadcaster Parnaz Azima, who had been banned from leaving Iran for the past seven months, has been given permission to leave the country. Azima told Radio Farda today that intelligence officials have told her to collect her passport from the authorities. Azima said she will pick up her passport today and leave Iran in the near future. Iranian officials have charged Azima with spreading propaganda against the Iranian state.
(Source: RFE/RL/Radio Netherlands Media Network Weblog)