Iranian released from U.S. prison to be deported: U.S. official

TEHRAN, March 15 (MNA) – An Iranian national, who served a five year prison sentence over the allegation that he smuggled arms, is undergoing deportation proceedings, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. Amir Hossein Ardebili, who was arrested in October 2007 in the Republic of Georgia and extradited to the United States in 2008, was released in February.