Iran releases two BBC collaborators

Iran has released two of six Iranian filmmakers arrested last month on accusations of working for the BBC Farsi-language service, reports said Monday. Naser Safarian and Mohsen Shahnazdar were freed Saturday, Iran's Fars news agency said, citing a statement by the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association. The fate of the four other filmmakers arrested at the same time was not reported. "Two documentary filmmakers detained recently for collaborating with a Farsi-language foreign network have been released," Fars said.