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Iranian human rights activists welcomed the government's decision to free at least 11 political prisoners.
The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People's Rights (Codir) attributed the release of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and another seven women and three men to long-running pressure by the international community.
Ms Sotoudeh was sentenced to six years in prison in September 2010 for "spreading propaganda against the system" and "acting against national security" - catch-all charges which the government has routinely used to suppress critics of its human rights record.
A packed fringe meeting at the National Education Union conference heard from Iranian teachers, campaigners and journalists
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction
Payam Solhtalab talks to GAWAIN LITTLE, general secretary of Codir, about the connection between the struggle for peace, against banking and economic sanctions, and the threat of a further military attack by the US/Israel axis on Iran
The Islamic Republic is attempting to deflect from its own failures with a scapegoating campaign against vulnerable and impoverished migrants, writes JAMSHID AHMADI