EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN) MESOP : RECENT ARRESTS IN IRAN

Former VP Hamid Baghaei Arrested: Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei announced [Pr] that Hamid Baghaei, a former Vice President in the Ahmadinejad administration, has been arrested on unspecified charges. Iranian filmmaker, producer, and television screenwriter Mostafa Azizi who was arrested [Pr] last year on charges of “assembly and collusion against national security, acting against national security, and insulting the Supreme Leader through online activities,” was sentenced [Pr] to eight years. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament traveled to Iran to discuss developing EU-Iran relations, and met with senior Iranian politicians including Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, head of Parliament Ali Larijani, and Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar. Click for links: www.mesop.de