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Several Arrested Following Protests for Mahsa Amini’s Death

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Freedom of Expression, News
Lotfollah Ahmadi, Shahoo Eghbal, Zaniar Mohammadnejad

On September 16, 2022, security forces arrested Zaniar Mohammadnejad, age 23, during a protest against Mahsa Amini’s death close to Kasra Hospital (where Mahsa Amini died) in Tehran. He was transferred to an unidentified location.

An informed source close to Mohammadnejad’s family told HRANA that he had joined the crowd gathering in front of Kasra hospital, but he was arrested and taken to an unidentified location. 

Kurdpa also reported the arrest of several individuals in connection with the recent protests in the past two days, including Lotfollah Ahmadi, Faranak Rafiee, and Shahoo Eghbal in Sanandaj, and Kamiar Heidari, 40, and Mohammad Zabihi, 22 in Saqqez.

Fatemeh Ziai Azad Arrested in Tehran

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Evin Prison, Fatemeh Ziai Azad, HRANA

On September 17, 2022, security forces arrested former political prisoner, Fatemeh Ziai Azad at her house in Tehran and transferred her to Ward 209 of Evin Prison.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on September 17, 2022, Fatemeh Ziai Azad was arrested in Tehran.

An informed source told HRANA that during the arrest, the agents confiscated Ziai Azad’s mobile. After arrest, in a short phone call, she informed her family that she had been taken to Ward 209 of Evin Prison and had not yet been notified about the charges.

Ziai suffers from Multiple sclerosis (MS) but is denied access to medical care.