Monday January 16th, 2012 –  While Mehdi Karroubi has been under house arrest for almost a year and deprived of all basic civil rights, according to the latest reports by his family, the limited and rare visitations with his family members have now also been banned by the security agents.

According to reports by Kaleme, this news has been confirmed by Mehdi Karroubi’s son Hossein Karroubi who stated: ” Ever since my father sent a message through my mother, Fatemeh Karroubi referring to the upcoming [parliamentary] elections as a sham, the weekly visitations my father had been allowed with my mother have been discontinued.  Furthermore, the two newspapers he had recently been allowed to read, were also taken away from him. My father is living in a small apartment under conditions similar to solitary confinement.”

In a meeting that recently took place with prisoners of the pre-Islamic Revolution era, Mrs. Karroubi pointed to this issue stating: ” In light of the upcoming parliamentary elections, Mr. Karroubi asked me to transmit a message to our compatriots and I did as he asked.  However, after the publication of this news, I am no longer allowed to visit with him and the behavior of the agents at the Intelligence Ministry has become exceedingly more insulting.”

In a recent message addressed to the nation in relation to the upcoming parliamentary elections, Mehdi Karroubi stated: “They seek to establish a rigged and forced election process.  These gentlemen have no respect for or belief in the votes of our citizens and they have already prepared themselves for rigged elections.”
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Source: Kaleme:  http://www.kaleme.com/1390/10/26/klm-86927/