The freelance reporter for the Washington Times was accused yesterday of "illegal activities" during the protests that followed the June 12 presidential election. He was believed to be the only journalist without Iranian citizenship among the hundreds of journalists, bloggers, and activists detained.

Greece's Foreign Ministry confirmed his release and said he would leave Iran "within the day."

The government's crackdown has quelled days of deadly street unrest, but authorities are still grappling with how to handle the fallout from an election that has exposed divisions in both the streets and in the clerical leadership. The opposition has claimed widespread election fraud and contends that opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is the true winner, not Ahmadinejad.

Iran has released most of those it detained after the election, and authorities are moving ahead with legal action against some of those still in custody, including an Iranian who works at the British Embassy.

Iran has sought to cast the outpouring of opposition to Ahmadinejad's reelection as being led by foreign powers, singling out Britain and accusing its embassy staff of involvement.

A week after the last street protest and with the main opposition leader not being seen in public, opposition figures tried yesterday to maintain momentum with a call for Parliament to dismiss Ahmadinejad.

Ali Reza Beheshti, a close ally of Mousavi, said "people expect their representatives to represent them and not to defend authorities by any means."

"I wish the lawmakers would respect the demands of the majority of their constituents" and submit a bill disqualifying the president, Beheshti was quoted as saying on a pro-Mousavi Web site called Norooznews.

Beheshti is the younger son of Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Beheshti, one of the main leaders of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and a top judge who was killed in an anti-regime bombing in 1981. Beheshti does not wield the influence of some of the clerics who have criticized the election, but a call for the president's removal is a rarity in Iran and indicates that the opposition is remaining firm.

Iason Athanasiadis-Fowden, the reporter freed yesterday, had been detained because of "behavior violating the profession of reporting," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hasan Qashqavi said, according to a report on Iran's state television. He did not elaborate.

Newsweek correspondent Maziar Bahari, who has Iranian and Canadian citizenship, is among the journalists still being held. He has been charged with "agitating against the ruling system and acting against national security," his attorney said.

Officials had detained nine Iranians working at the British Embassy, accusing them of fomenting unrest. All but one have been released, according to Iranian officials. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said that two employees were still in custody and that one was to be released yesterday.