Egyptian Muslim Brother leading figure released

News reports in Cairo said that the Egyptian state security attorney released the leading Muslim Brother figure Issam al- Aryan who spent five months in custody together with five of his colleagues, on Sunday.

Officials said that Hicham Badawi, the first attorney general of the higher state security, decided on Sunday to release the assistant secretary general of the Muslim Brothers and three members of the group's leadership at a guarantee of one thousand Egyptian pound ( 348 dollars) for each of them.

The four man were detained in May during a campaign against the leadership of the group under the charge of joining illegal group and having papers and publications that aim at destabilizing the state security as well as organizing demonstrations during the country's presidential elections.

The release of al-Aryan came with the opening of the door for nominations on Sunday for the legislative elections which will be held on three phases starts as from November 9th and expire on December 7th.

Issam al-Aryan was arrested in his house on June 6th and his custody imprisonment was renewed for several times.