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Iran Releases Polish Scientist Held for Months

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Maciej Walczak. Nicolaus (Copernicus University)

A Polish scientist held in Iran for months was released and returned home to Poland in December, a foreign ministry spokesman told AFP on Friday.

Maciej Walczak, a researcher at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, central Poland, is "safe and sound and with his family", Lukasz Jasina said in a message to AFP, without elaborating.

Copernicus University spokesman Marcin Czyzniewski said several months ago that Walczak had been held in Iran since September 2021.

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