Source: Radio Zamaneh
Iran's Minister of Intelligence, Heydar Moslehi denied news concerning arrest
of opposition leader's, Mir Hossein Mousavi's bodyguard, Ahmad Yazdanfar.
Mir Hossein Mousavi (right) with lead
bodyguard Ahmad Yazdanfar (file photo)
Yesterday, the opposition website, Kaleme
reported that the
opposition leader's guard was arrested Monday night by Iranian security
officers.
Revolutionary Guards Corps public relations office issued a statement to deny
the arrest of Mir Hossein Mousavi's security team leader.
The announcement states: "The said security team leader had reached the end of
his mission and has been merely transferred."
According to Kaleme website, Ahmad Yazdanfar was an old member of "Jamaran
Guards" who was also highly trusted by the opposition leader, Mir Hossein
Mousavi. He has served as the former Prime Minister's bodyguard since the 1980s
and was reportedly "the target of tens of terrorist attacks by opposing groups."
Mir Hossein Mousavi who has challenged Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election in the
June presidential elections has become one of the prominent spokesmen for the
protest movement which has ensued since last June in reaction to allegations of
widespread fraud in the elections.
Many of Mousavi's aides are currently in prison and Islamic Republic hardliners
repeatedly call for the arrest of the former Prime Minister for fomenting what
they describe as a "seditious movement."
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