Iran has released a Spanish woman who had been jailed since November on espionage charges after she was arrested during anti-government protests, Reuters reported, citing Spain's foreign minister.

Twenty-four-year-old activist Ana Baneira Suarez, a human rights NGO worker, was detained in Iran during the nationwide protests sparked by the death of a young woman in custody in September.

"I congratulate you on the release of Ana Baneira. She is in good health," Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albarez told reporters during a visit to Albacete, in central Spain.

According to him, Baneira was released yesterday and returned to Spain today.

The Iranian government did not respond to a request for comment on Baneira's release.

Iran's supreme leader pardoned a large number of prisoners linked to the protests

Albarez said another Spanish national, Santiago Sánchez Cogedor, was still in Iranian custody, but added that he hoped he would also be released soon.

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