Four close relatives of Iran's Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, who had been arrested for provoking unrest, have been released.

An Iranian security official told Press TV that Rafsanjani's daughter, Faezeh, is still under arrest.

The five, who had been arrested last night according to reports, included Faezeh Hashemi and her daughter, as well as Hossein Mar'ashi's wife, daughter, and sister-in-law -- Mar'ashi is a cousin to Hashemi-Rafsanjani's wife.

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