{"id":310,"date":"2011-02-21T07:34:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T03:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnews.harouta.sg-host.com\/2011\/02\/21\/german-journalists-released-by-iran-return-home\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T14:59:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T10:59:46","slug":"german-journalists-released-by-iran-return-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jff.am\/en\/2011\/02\/21\/german-journalists-released-by-iran-return-home\/","title":{"rendered":"German Journalists Released By Iran Return Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two German journalists <a href=\"http:\/\/jnews.am\/node\/283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who were detained in Iran in October<\/a> for interviewing the son of a woman sentenced to death by stoning have returned home after being released from an Iranian prison, a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry said Sunday.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the spokesman, the two journalists arrived in Germany from Iran on Sunday morning along with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who had traveled to Tehran on Saturday to bring them home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Though Marcus Hellwig and Jens Koch, both from Germany&#8217;s Bild newspaper, were initially sentenced to 20 months in prison on charges of committing acts against Iran&#8217;s national security, an Iranian court later commuted their jail term to a fine of $50,000 each. They were released after the fines were paid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The two German journalists were arrested in mid-October for interviewing the son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning on charges of adultery and abetting the murder of her husband.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rttnews.com\/Content\/GeneralNews.aspx?Id=1557314&amp;SM=1\">http:\/\/www.rttnews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Two German journalists <a href=\"http:\/\/jnews.am\/node\/283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who were detained in Iran in October<\/a> for interviewing the son of a woman sentenced to death by stoning have returned home after being released from an Iranian prison, a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry said Sunday.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the spokesman, the two journalists arrived in Germany from Iran on Sunday morning along with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who had traveled to Tehran on Saturday to bring them home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Though Marcus Hellwig and Jens Koch, both from Germany&#8217;s Bild newspaper, were initially sentenced to 20 months in prison on charges of committing acts against Iran&#8217;s national security, an Iranian court later commuted their jail term to a fine of $50,000 each. They were released after the fines were paid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The two German journalists were arrested in mid-October for interviewing the son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning on charges of adultery and abetting the murder of her husband.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rttnews.com\/Content\/GeneralNews.aspx?Id=1557314&amp;SM=1\">http:\/\/www.rttnews.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two German journalists who were detained in Iran in October for interviewing the son of a woman sentenced to death by stoning have returned home after being released from an Iranian prison, a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry said Sunday.&nbsp; According to the spokesman, the two journalists arrived in Germany from Iran on Sunday&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jff.am\/en\/2011\/02\/21\/german-journalists-released-by-iran-return-home\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">German Journalists Released By Iran Return Home<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4483],"tags":[],"aboutus":[],"home":[],"authors":[],"position":[],"class_list":["post-310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>German Journalists Released By Iran Return Home - jff.am<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jff.am\/en\/2011\/02\/21\/german-journalists-released-by-iran-return-home\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"German Journalists Released By Iran Return Home - jff.am\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two German journalists who were detained in Iran in October for interviewing the son of a woman sentenced to death by stoning have returned home after being released from an Iranian prison, a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry said Sunday.&nbsp; 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