Sep 15, 2008

Southern Azerbaijan: 20 Activists Arrested in Iran


Active ImageIranian authorities arrest activists and leaders of the Iranian Azerbaijan rights movement.
Below is an article published by ANS Press :
 

20 Azerbaijanis including Rugeyya Lisani, wife of Abbas Lisani, one of the leaders of the movement for the rights of Iranian Azerbaijanis and their children Atilla Lisani and Ogtay Lisani were arrested during the iftar dinner in Iran on September 10 [2008]. Azerbaijan Defense Committee of Political Prisoners informed.
 
Iranian intelligences carried out operations in the house of poet Sayyad Mahammadian during iftaar dinner on September 10 [2008]. During operations, activists, as well as editor –in-chief of Yashmag journal poet Said Muganli, Alirza Sarrafi, Akbar Azad, Hasan Rashidi, Hasan Rahimi, Mehdi Naimi, Mahammad Abbaspur, Sayyad Mahammadian, Abbas Naimi, Yusif Hushyar, Shahnaz Ibrahimzadeh, Huseyn Heydari, Ferhad Rizayi Goshachayli, Rubab Azimi, Akram Naccari, as well as Abbas Lisani’s wife Rugeyya Lisani and their children Atilla Lisani and Ogtay Lisani have been arrested.
 
Rugeyya Lisani, wife of Abbas Lisani, one of the leaders of the movement for the rights of Iranian Azerbaijanis and their children Atilla Lisani and Ogtay Lisani have been released despite no report about arrested 17 people.