Report Source:
Radio Zamaneh
|
Ayatollah
Montazeri and Ayatollah Sanei |
The arrest of over 30 people at a prayers
ceremony last night in Tehran has caused outrage amongst the families of the
detainees as well as reformist clerics.
Last night a group of people attending a prayers ceremony at the residence of
detained political activists, Shahabeddin Tabatabai, were arrested in the course
of a raid by state security forces. One of the released detainees puts the
number of last night's detainees at 68 and claims that they have been taken to
Evin prison.
The news of the arrests was reported to prominent clerics such as Montazeri,
Sanei, Makarem Shirazi, Mousavi Ardebili and Safi last night.
Ayatollah Montazeri and Ayatollah Sanei condemned the arrests and expressed
their regrets that a sacred event like the "Comeil" prayer is no longer
respected in the Islamic Republic and described the arrests as an act of
weakness on the part of the authorities.
The family of the detainees have announced that if the detainees are not
released, they will stage protests, go on hunger strikes and take their protests
to international levels.
Following the June presidential elections which has been disputed by two
candidates and caused mass protests across Iran, the government has been trying
to defuse the unrest through arrests and pressuring of the protesters.
... Payvand News - 10/24/09 ... --
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