Authorities in Iran have arrested a member of the Freedom Movement of Iran.

According to opposition site Mizan Khabar, Mahdi Motamedi-Mehr, a member of the FMI’s political bureau and head of the groups’ Education and Research Committee, was arrested by security forces at his home on Saturday.

Previously, the activist had been sentenced by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court to five years in prison for his membership in the outlawed FMI, “propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran” as well as “assembly and collusion to act against national security.” The charges against Motamedi-Mehr were based on his human rights activities, his role in the release of statements by the FMI and proposing for an international group of observers to monitor June 2009 presidential election.

Motamedi-Mehr was imprisoned both before and after the widely disputed 2009 presidential election.

In a letter to Iran’s Intelligence Minister, the activist provided an account of the torture he experienced at the hands of ministry agents and called for an end to the illegal abuse faced by prisoners.

Source: GVF