TEHERAN - THE Iranian authorities have released two German nationals and a Canadian arrested on the sidelines of rallies in Teheran this week, state-run IRNA news agency reported on Friday.

IRNA, quoting Teheran prosecutor Abbas Jaffari Doulatabadi, said Iran was also examining the cases of AFP journalist Farhad Pouladi and a Danish journalist who were also detained after Wednesday's rallies.

Fars news agency reported earlier that a Japanese and two Canadian journalists had been arrested along with an Iranian working for 'satellite channels,' because they were reporting without permission on the rallies.

'Three foreign nationals, two Germans and a Canadian, arrested on Wednesday have been freed,' the prosecutor said, according to IRNA.

'Other people arrested (Wednesday) were released on Friday, half of them women,' he said without giving further details.

Concerning Mr Pouladi, the prosecutor said he was waiting to examine a certain number of documents before taking a decision. -- AFP