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junho 17, 2009
Iran arrests more reformists as protests continue
Via: Washington TV
Washington, 17 June (WashingtonTV)—Iranian authorities on Wednesday arrested more reformists and supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the latest in dozens of such arrests since last week’s disputed presidential election.
Saeed Laylaz, political analyst and editor of the business daily Sarmayeh, was arrested this morning in Tehran. Laylaz, who is widely quoted by foreign media, has often been critical of the economic policies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, reports Reuters.
Hamid Reza Jalaipour, a sociologist and Mousavi campaigner, was arrested today at his home but released hours later, he told AFP.
Jalaipour said that his son, Mohammadreza, was detained by plainclothes security agents at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport. Mohammadreza, a leading member of Mousavi’s campaign, was arrested with his wife while on his way to London, where he studies at Oxford University.
Human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani, a member of Shirin Ebadi’s Center for the Defense of Human Rights, was also arrested yesterday in Tehran.
Ebadi told the Washington-based National Public Radio [NPR] that security officials posing as clients entered the Tehran offices of the lawyers’ group, and confiscated Soltani’s compute and other documents.
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate also said that others who have been arrested in the past few days include Abdolreza Tajik, a journalist and member of Ebadi’s group, Saeed Hajjarian, a prominent reformer, and Mohammad Ali Abtahi, another leading reformer.
In an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcast on Tuesday, Ebadi said that the Iranian authorities should hold a new election and allow monitoring by international observers.
She also said that those arrested since Friday’s vote should be released “without any conditions.”
“I believe that a recount of the votes under the current conditions won’t solve anything. A new election must be held and this time it should be under the monitoring of international organizations,” she said in the interview.
Sources: Reuters, Agence France-Presse, National Public Radio website, RFE/RL website
Publicado por João Carvalho Fernandes às junho 17, 2009 09:35 PM
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