"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Iranian security forces have launched a campaign to arrest figures within the country's reformist movement, reports said Monday. That widens a crackdown on dissent after authorities earlier put down nationwide protests in violence that killed thousands and saw tens of thousands more detained. Detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has received another prison sentence of over seven years. It signals a widening effort to silence anyone opposed to the bloody suppression"
"Media reports quoted officials within the reformist movement, which seeks to change Iran's theocracy from inside, as saying at least four of their members had been arrested. They include Azar Mansouri, the head of the Reformist Front, which represents multiple reformist factions; and former diplomat Mohsen Aminzadeh, who served under reformist President Mohammad Khatami. Also detained was Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, who led students who stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979, sparking the 444-day hostage crisis."
"Iran's state-run IRNA news agency quoted a statement from prosecutors in Tehran, the country's capital, saying four people had been arrested and others summoned to meet authorities. It accused those allegedly involved of "organizing and leading ... activities aimed at disrupting the political and social situation in the country amid military threats from the United States and the Zionist regime.""
Iranian security forces launched a campaign to arrest figures in the reformist movement, expanding a crackdown after nationwide protests that killed thousands and detained tens of thousands. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi received an additional prison sentence of over seven years. At least four reformist members were arrested, including Azar Mansouri, Mohsen Aminzadeh and Ebrahim Asgharzadeh. The arrests appear linked to a January reformist statement calling for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to resign and for a transitional governing council. Prosecutors in Tehran said four people were arrested and others summoned, accusing them of organizing and leading activities aimed at disrupting the political and social situation.
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