HRANA – Amirreza Alipour Hashteli Amoli, a resident of Amol, was arrested on Wednesday, November 4, by security forces and, after being informed of the charges at the Amol Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office, was transferred to the city’s prison.

Based on information received by HRANA, Mr. Alipour was arrested on Wednesday, November 5, at his private residence by security forces. At Branch 7 of the Investigation Office of the Amol Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office, he was charged with “propaganda against the regime” and then transferred to Amol Prison. He is currently being held in the prison’s special ward.

A source close to the Alipour family confirmed the arrest and told HRANA: “The investigator has so far not agreed to a bail order.”

In 2022, Mr. Alipour was sentenced to six months of home confinement with an electronic ankle monitor on the charge of “insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic.” On December 16, 2018, Branch 1059 of Tehran Criminal Court II sentenced him to six months in prison on the charge of “insulting the president.” In 2015, he had also been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to six months of suspended imprisonment on the charge of “propaganda against the regime.”

Mr. Alipour, 31, a resident of Amol, has previously faced arrest and prosecution for his activities.