Iran frees two 'BBC collaborators'

Iran has released two of six Iranian filmmakers arrested last month on accusations of working for the BBC Farsi-language service, reports said yesterday.
Naser Safarian and Mohsen Shahnazdar were freed Saturday, Iran's Fars news agency said, citing a statement by the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association (IDFA).
The fate of the four other filmmakers arrested at the same time, in mid-September, was not reported.
"Two documentary filmmakers detained recently for collaborating with a Farsi-language foreign network have been released," Fars said.
The ISNA news agency said Safarian was released on a bail of two billion rials ($160,000).