Iran frees Spanish woman detained since end 2022: Madrid

• Published date: 26 February 2023
• Publication title: The Korea Times

Iran has released a Spanish woman who had been detained in the country since November, Spain's foreign minister said Sunday.

"She was freed yesterday, but we didn't want to announce it publicly before her plane had taken off from Iran," Jose Manuel Albares told journalists.

"I was able to speak with her... she is well," he said, adding she was on her way to northwestern Spain, where she is from.

The woman, Ana Baneira, was 24 years old when she was arrested, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) revealed at the time.

The circumstances of her detention were never confirmed by Iranian authorities, however it took place as...