TEHRAN – A leading Iranian human rights lawyer has been released from prison, Iran's state-run news agency reported Saturday, after she was earlier hospitalized amid a hunger-strike conducted from her cell.Nasrin Sotoudeh was taken to hospital in mid-September, a month after launching her hunger strike seeking better prison conditions and the release of political prisoners amid the pandemic.IRNA's report said Sotoudeh has now been released from the women's prison where she was being held.The assistant prosecutor in charge of the prison approved her release, according to the state news agency.
It did not include details of her health condition, or details about the conditions of her release from prison.Sotoudeh was arrested in 2018 on.