An Iranian national reporting for the Agence France-Presse, who was taken into custody during the rallies outside the former US Embassy in Tehran, has been released.

Farhad Pouladi was arrested during the 30th anniversary of the US Embassy takeover on Wednesday.

Tehran's judiciary said Saturday that Pouladi has been released, Fars news agency reported.

Earlier, Brigadier General Azizollah Rajabzadeh, Tehran's police chief, was quoted by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) as saying that 109 people were arrested during the rallies.

Forty-seven of the detainees have been released and the cases of the rest have been forwarded to judiciary officials, General Rajabzadeh said.

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