According to the official Iranian media more than 300 people were arrested on Sunday in Tehran. Quoting Tehran’s chief of the security forces, the officil Iranian TV reported that 8 people were killed under Sunday’s demonstrations in Tehran. One of those killed was Ali Habibi Mousavi Khameneh, the nephew of the summer’s presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi who was shot dead. According to the reports received by Iran Human Rights the bodies of Sunday’s victims were abducted during the night by the authorities.
Later on Monday, IRNA reported that the bodies were retained in order to investigate causes of the Sunday’s killings. IRNA’s report didn’t quote any official organs.
Human rights groups such as "Human Rights Activists in Iran" reported that more than 500 people who were arrested have been transferred to the Evin prison on Monday.
There are separate reports about arrest of several Civil rights activists and known politicians such as the human rights defender Emad Baghi, the journalist Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, the opposition politician Ebrahim Yazdi and several of Mr. Mousavi’s advisors. According to some reports Noushin Ebadi (sister of the Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi) is also among those arrested.
Iran Human Rights has warned about danger of torture and execution of hundreds of detainees. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of Iran Human rights, has urged UN to send an urgent fact finding commission to Iran, in order to prevent repetition of the summer’s torture, rape and killings in the Iranian detention centers.
International condemnation of the Iranian regime and support of the democratic movement :
The international community has condemned Iranian regime’s use of violence against the protestors and several counries have expressed support for the democratic demands of the Iranian people.
US President Barak Obama said: "The United States joins with the international community in strongly condemning the violent and unjust suppression of innocent Iranian citizens."
"The United States stands with those who seek their universal rights," he said, adding that his government wanted to see all those "unjustly detained" freed immediately.
EU presidency and leaders of several European countries such as UK, France, Germany and Norway have condemned Iranian regime’s use of violence and asked for immediate release of the detainees.
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