Iran: arrests

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Newspaper editor Saeed Laylaz and Hamid Reza Jalaipour, an activist and journalist were arrested wednesdaymorning, reports say.
source: BBCnews


Iran Human Rights reports that many foreign journalists were forced to leave the country and that the government filtered more internet.
The spokesperson of Iran Human Rights, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, expressed his concern that the regime is to use the highly armed revolutionary guards against the armless demonstrators.
source: iranhr.net


The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reports that several dozen notable figures including Saeed Hajjarian, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Behzad Nabavi, and Abdolfattah Soltani were arrested on June 16.
Numerous political figures, intellectuals, civil leaders, human rights activists, and journalists, as well as a large but unknown number of ordinary citizens who demonstrated were arrested.
Shirin Ebadi reported that Abdolfattah Soltani, one of Iran’s leading human rights lawyers, was arrested by security officers who entered his office posing as clients.
He was a member of the Arbitrary Detentions Investigation Committee.
The other members of this Committee, Alireza Tajik and Kayvan Samimi were arrested two days ago.
Shiva Nazarahari, a human rights defender, and Mahsa Amrabadi, a journalist, are also among the detainees.
A former spokesman for Khatami Abdolah Ramezanzadeh and Mostafa Tajzadeh were arrested.
Members of the campaignstaff of Mehdi Karroubi in Tehran and Tabriz , including Bagher Oskouiee and Amir Mardani are arrested also.
Other arrested politicians are Mohsen Aminzadeh, Mohammad Atrianfar and Mohammad Tavasoli.
Members of the Nehzat Azadi, one of the oldest political parties in Iran, including
Ahmad Afjeiee, Emad Bahavar, Mojtaba Khandan, Saieed Zeraatkar, Rouholah Shafiee, Ali Mehrdad, and Mohammad Reza Ahmadinia are arrested.
Also arrested were members of the reformist party, Jebhe Mosharekat Islami (Islamic Participation Front), Ali Pour Khayeri, Shahin Nourbakhsh, Ali Taghipour Mohammad Shokuhi, Ashkan Mojaleli, Maysam Varahchehre, Mahdieh Minavi, and Farhad Nasrollahpour.
Reports from Tabriz indicate that over 100 prominent civic figures in the city have also been detained including Dr. Jalil Sharabianlu, Dr. Ghafar Farzadi, Majd Jabari, Rahim Yawai, Abbas Pourazhari, Dr. Lay Farzadi, Shabeti, Shamlu, Dr. Ghafarzadeh, Dr. Soltaniazad, Dr. Panahi, Dr. Seyflou, Dr. Dadizadeh, Mehdi Yarbahrami, Mansour Ghafari, Hojatollah Amiri, Amir Hossein Jahani, Rohdah Rahimipour, and Mehdi Khodadadi.
Payam Haydar Ghazvini, Nasim Riahi, Mojtaba Rajabi, Atar Rashidi are disappeared in Ghazvin province.
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran calls for the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained persons.
source: iranhumanrights.org


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