Jailed Iranian activist Mostafa Tajzadeh, a prominent figure in the Islamic republic's reformist camp, has been granted temporary leave from prison after more than four years in detention, according to his wife, quoted by local media on Sunday.
The politician "has been granted a few days' leave from today", Fakhrossadat Mohtashamipour told the ISNA news agency, without specifying the duration of his temporary leave.
Tajzadeh, 69, is one of Iran's leading reform activists and has campaigned for several years to establish a democratic government in Iran.
He served as a deputy interior minister under the former presidency of the reformist Mohammad Khatami but has been serving a five-year prison sentence at Tehran's Evin prison for undermining state security since July 2022.
He was also charged with "propaganda" against the state in 2024 in a new case brought against him.
The former cabinet member had already spent a total of seven years behind bars, having been arrested in 2009 alongside other reformist leaders following the re-election of hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a vote contested by the opposition.
While imprisoned at Evin prison, he regularly published open letters criticising the government's policies. He has called for democracy and for authorities to enact "structural changes" in the Iranian political system.