Former Political Prisoner Khosro Rahnama Arrested in Tehran

Former Political Prisoner Khosro Rahnama Arrested in Tehran

Yesterday, March 12, 2023, security forces arrested former political prisoner Khosro Rahnama at his home in Tehran. The agents searched his house and confiscated some of his belonging.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on March 12, 2023, former political prisoner Khosro Rahnama was arrested in Tehran.

An informed source told HRANA, “Around 2:30 AM, about ten intelligence agents raided Rahnama’s house, arrested him, searched the house and confiscated some of his belonging and his family’s.”

“Following frequent inquiries, his family was told that he was not transferred to the prison and is likely held in an IRGC detention facility,” he added.

Rahnama, age 63, faced other arrests and convictions on prior occasions. The last time, the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced him to five years imprisonment and two years in exile for “propaganda against the regime” and “assembly and collusion against national security in collaboration with anti-regime groups.”

On August 28, 2022, Rahnama was jailed in Evin Prison for sentencing. In October 2022, he was released on 500-million-toman bail.

 

 

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