Mehdi Mousavi and Fatemeh Ekhtesari, two Iranian poets who were arrested by Islamic Republic authorities, were released on bail on the afternoon of Tuesday January 14. HRANA reports that the two poets were released from Evin Prison yesterday. The two are banned from traveling abroad. Their arrest last month triggered an outpouring of support […]
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Iranian poets arrested by Revolutionary Guards
An opposition website reports that two poets, Mehdi Mousavi and Fatemeh Ekhtesari, have been arrested by Iranian Revolutionary Guards. The Kaleme website reports that the two have been under arrest since early December. The report indicates the two had been banned from traveling abroad and arrested by the intelligence branch of the Revolutionary Guards. […]