Iran's Sotoudeh says will continue defending rights

Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh told AFP Wednesday she was in "good" physical and psychological condition after being freed after three years in prison, and pledged to continue her human rights work. "Psychologically, my condition is very good but my experience -- with all the psychological pressure, the tense security atmosphere, and not having access to make phone calls as well as other things -- was very tough," an energetic Sotoudeh told AFP by phone from her home. She added that her physical condition was "good", despite staging a hunger strike some 10 months ago in protest at the conditions of her imprisonment.