The arrest warrant for imprisoned researcher Kamil Ahmadi has been extended.
The wife of imprisoned social science researcher Kamil Ahmadi says that despite the end of the interrogation sessions, her husband's temporary detention order has been extended for another month.
Shafaq Rahmani, the wife of Kamil Ahmadi, told VOA on Thursday, September 11, that on Wednesday, September 10, upon being questioned at Branch 1 of the Shahid Moghaddisi Evin Prosecutor's Office, she was informed that the temporary detention of Kamil Ahmadi, the imprisoned social science researcher, has been extended for another month.
According to Ms. Rahmani, this extension of the detention order comes at a time when, according to Mr. Ahmadi, his interrogations have ended.
The wife of this social science researcher says that on Sunday, September 8, Kamil Ahmadi was able to meet in person with his wife and child for 50 minutes in the presence of officers, for the first time since his arrest, upon the order and coordination of the case investigator at the Shahid Moghaddisi Prosecutor's Office.
Shafaq Rahmani told VOA that Kamil Ahmadi announced during the meeting that his interrogations, which were conducted in connection with the researcher's research work, had ended a few days ago and that he had been transferred to a three-person room.
Ms. Rahmani says that based on the information obtained, Kamil Ahmadi is currently being held in Ward 2A, which belongs to the IRGC's intelligence.
Kamil Ahmadi is an Iranian-British citizen living in Tehran who last year won the World Peace Foundation's Literature and Humanities Award at George Washington University for his research and activities in the field of social harms, with an emphasis on "gender," "children," and "minorities."
One of Kamil Ahmadi's latest studies, titled "The Story of the Forbidden City," which is about the Iranian LGBT community, has recently been published by Mehri Publishing in London.
As an anthropologist and researcher, Mr. Ahmadi had recently held talks with Iranian media and, among other things, told ISNA that, based on research, there are about 14,000 informal garbage collectors in the country and that 89 percent of garbage collectors are "illegal immigrants."
Source: Voice of America
