Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- The wife of a prominent human rights lawyer who fled Iran said she was released on bail Saturday night after spending nearly two weeks in solitary confinement in Tehran's notorious Evin prison.
Fereshteh Halimi said she had been reunited with her 7-year-old daughter Parmida. "Parmida is really well," she told CNN from Tehran Sunday. "We stayed up until morning talking together".
She said she had been detained on charges of "concealing a suspect." Her husband, Mohammad Mostafaei, went into hiding July 24 at about the same time Halimi and her brother were detained.
Mostafaei had gained international attention for defending Shakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two who was sentenced to death by stoning after being found guilty of committing adultery.
Mostafaei has been granted asylum in Norway, his wife said, but CNN was unable to independently confirm that information. An official in the Norwegian embassy last week would not comment on the matter. CNN
