Dr. Hesam Firoozi was arrested last night after intelligence agents raided his house.
RAHANA – Dr. Hesam Firoozi, a human rights activist and physician who has many political prisoners among his patients, was arrested by intelligence agents and taken to an undisclosed location.
According to RAHANA, Dr. Firoozi was arrested at his home by 15 agents upon returning from the house of his detained nephew Alireza Firoozi. Dr. Firoozi’s wife and his children were still at Alireza Firoozi’s house at the time of the arrest.
The agents also raided a neighbor’s house where they arrested one of their children, Hemaseh Ghafari.
During the search, Alirez Firoozi’s mother arrived at his Dr. Firoozi’s house and was also interrogated by the agents. The agents then moved to Alireza Firoozi’s house and conducted a house search.
Alireza Firoozi, was arrested two months ago and has been held incommunicado since.
Dr. Firoozi had been released from Evin prison in May of 2009 after serving a 15-month prison term. There is no information on the reasons for last night’s arrest or Dr. Firoozi’s current whereabouts.
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