"The head of Iran's Reformists Front, the organisation that was instrumental in securing the election of the country's president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has been arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in a move that will probably deepen the tensions over the handling of the recent street protests. Azar Mansouri, the secretary general of the Islamic Iran People party, had expressed deep sorrow at protesters' deaths, and said nothing could justify such a catastrophe."
"In what looked like a decisive roundup of the key reformist figures outside government, Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, the head of the front's political committee, and Mohsen Aminzadeh, a deputy foreign minister under the former president Mohammad Khatami, were also arrested. At least two other prominent figures in the Reformists Front, an umbrella group of as many as 27 reformist factions, have been ordered to appear at police stations this week."
The head of Iran's Reformists Front, instrumental in securing President Masoud Pezeshkian's election, was arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Azar Mansouri, secretary general of the Islamic Iran People party, expressed deep sorrow at protesters' deaths and said nothing could justify such a catastrophe. Other reformist figures including Ebrahim Asgharzadeh and Mohsen Aminzadeh were also arrested, and at least two more were ordered to appear at police stations. Officials said the moves aimed to prevent spread of criticism over security handling of protests. Prosecutors accused detainees of justifying terrorists, collaborating with the US and Israel, undermining national unity, and creating secret subversive mechanisms. The judiciary described internal critics as aligned with Zionist and American interests and warned they would suffer losses.
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