At about 7pm on Tuesday night security agents in Tehran arrested three
leadership members of the student alumni opposition group known as Advar Tahkim
Vahdat. The three members of the organization’s central council, Hassan Assadi
Zeidabadi, Mohammad Sadeghi and Ali Malihi were taken to prison on Tuesday
night.
Protests by AmirKabir University Students in Tehran on Wednesday
University students have been taking a leading role in
anti-government protests. On November 4, many universities across
Iran were the scene of protests.
Talking with Rooz, Zeidabadi’s wife said, “Three people came to our house at
about 8pm and showed a warrant to my husband, and then took him away.” She added
that the agents were courteous and talked with my husband for a short while
before taking him with them. “They showed the signed warrant to him and it
appeared that they were explaining why he was being arrested,” she said.
In response to her question as to where the agents were taking her husband, Mrs.
Khalafi said, “They said ward 209 of Evin prison and said that I could pursue
the case at the security branch of the revolutionary court.”
She also said that during the entire time they were in the house and spoke with
her husband and herself, one of the agents video taped the whole episode.
Mrs. Khalafi said that she felt the reason for the arrest was the November 4th
event adding that she hoped her husband would be released soon. She said she was
going to the revolutionary court on Wednesday along with Mr. Mojtahedizadeh,
Hassan Zeidabadi’s defense attorney to pursue the case.
The arrest of the leadership of Advar takes place as Ahmad Zeidabadi, the
secretary general and Abdollah Momeni, the spokesperson of the student alumni
group have been behind bars for the past four months and are behind held in
solitary confinement while their charges have not been officially communicated
announced.
Videos of November 4 protests in Iranian Universities:
