Islamic Republic Arrests Three More People on Charges of ‘Contact with Counter-Revolutionary Elements’

The General and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Robat Karim announced that three people in the city have been arrested on charges of “contact with counter-revolutionary elements.” According to Fars News Agency, Mohammad Hossein Ghasempour stated that this “three-member gang” had connections with “counter-revolutionary elements,” but were ultimately arrested in the cities of Robat Karim and Nasiriyeh.

For some time, the security and judicial authorities of the Islamic Republic have arrested and imprisoned people under pretexts such as “contact with media” or “counter-revolutionary activity.” Most of these individuals do not enjoy the rights of political defendants and are tried in Revolutionary Courts without a jury and in non-public proceedings.

In some cases, it is later revealed that no crime has been committed.

There is limited information about these three people, but Ghasempour, the General and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Robat Karim, claimed that the three engaged in “creating controversy and sending media content to hostile networks” in exchange for payment, receiving money for their activities.

According to an Amnesty International report in 2018, more than seven thousand people, including protest participants, students, journalists, women’s rights activists, environmental activists, labor activists, and activists for ethnic and religious minorities’ rights in Iran were arrested, and hundreds were sentenced to imprisonment.

Source: Voice of America