Canadian journalist and Newsweek correspondent Maziar Bahari is seen in a 2007 photo.
Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari has arrived home in London after being freed from a Tehran prison, his employer confirmed Tuesday.
Newsweek magazine said Mr. Bahari was back in England, where his wife is expecting their first child next week.
"We are relieved that Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari is home with his family today," the magazine said in a statement on its website.
"We would like to thank all of those who supported Maziar through this long and uncertain period."
Mr. Bahari, a dual Iranian-Canadian citizen, was arrested June 21 as part of a government crackdown to silence protests that erupted over the disputed election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
He was released on $300,000 bail Saturday after spending four months in Tehran's Evin prison.
Newsweek said "humanitarian considerations" were believed to have played a role in his release.
Mr. Bahari's wife, Paola Gourley, has had a difficult pregnancy and is in a London hospital where she is suffering from serious health complications.
She is scheduled to have a caesarean section on Oct. 26.
Ms. Gourley, an Italian-English lawyer working in London, has said that her husband had always had a "great working relationship" with the Iranian government and strove to promote a better understanding of the country.
In August, Mr. Bahari appeared in a mass trial along with others who were arrested during the protests.
Iranian news agencies reported that Mr. Bahari admitted during the trial that Western news agencies had tried to influence events in the country after the election.
He was also accused of filming violence in the streets - which Newsweek has indicated he was permitted to do by the government.
Shortly after the trial, Newsweek foreign editor Nisid Hajari said Mr. Bahari's admission didn't square with the dedicated, balanced journalist who's worked for the magazine for the past 10 years.
Mr. Bahari was born in Iran but later emigrated to Canada, where he attended university and obtained Canadian citizenship.
Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had both pleaded for his release.