A 26-year-old Iranian man who was reportedly sentenced to death in connection with anti-government protests last month has been released on bail, reports say. Erfan Soltani was arrested on 8 January in the city of Fardis, just west of Tehran, as protests swept across the country, prompting a deadly crackdown by Iranian authorities. Officials informed his family that he had been scheduled to be executed within days, according to Norway-based Kurdish human rights group Hengaw. However, Iran's judiciary denied that he was sentenced to death, asserting that he faced only security-related charges carrying prison terms. Soltani's lawyer confirmed he was released on bail on Saturday and has received all of his belongings including his cellphone. The bail amount was about two billion tomans (around $12,600). Soltani's arrest, a clothes shop owner, garnered global attention when it was reported he was facing execution after an extremely swift legal process.