Washington (CNN) -- Iran has freed an Iranian-American detained for more than two years, his lawyer said Saturday. Reza Taghavi, a retired businessman from Orange County, California, was released at 4 p.m. local time (8:30 a.m. ET) on Saturday, after being held in Iran's notorious Evin prison since his arrest in May 2008 on suspicion of supporting an anti-regime group, the lawyer said. Los Angeles-based attorney Pierre-Richard Prosper said Taghavi has been reunited with his family and is hoping to return to the United States next week. "It's obviously a happy day, a great day for the Taghavi family," Prosper said by phone from Tehran.
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Retired businessman Reza Taghavi is released Saturday, his lawyer says
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In 2008, Taghavi is arrested on suspicion of supporting an anti-regime group
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Taghavi suffers from diabetes and his health deteriorated in prison, his lawyer says
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