Iran Human Rights, June 19: The Iranian-Kurdish asylum seeker Rahim Rostami, who was deported from Norway in February2011 and imprisoned upon arrival to Iran, has been released on bail.

According to sources Iran Human Rights (IHR) has been in contact with, Rahim Rostami has been charged with "Contact with alien countries and propaganda against the nation’s security".

The sources have said that Rahim Rostami’s asylum application and participation in opposition rallies in Norway are the bases for the charges.

He has also an additional charge related to the time before he escaped from the country three years ago. The basis for this charge corresponds allegedly to the reason why he sought asylum.

His trial is scheduled to be held in the coming days.

IHR once again urges the European countries not to deport Iranian asylum seekers back to Iran.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR said: The new charges against him are due to his participation in anti-government (Iranian) rallies while he was in Norway. This shows that the Iranian authorities monitor activities of the Iranians abroad and use it against them upon their return.