Professor Rahmatollah Bastani arrested during the funeral for Ayatollah Montazeri’s wife.
RAHANA – 51 year old professor Rahmatollah Bastani was arrested on March 28, 2010 after attending the funeral for Mahsoltan Rabani, Ayatollah Montazeri’s wife.
Bastani was released on the same day after interrogation, but he was arrested again on March 29, 2010 after the Ministry of Intelligence in Qom telephoned him.
Rahmatollah Bastani lives in Qom and holds a master’s degree in theology from the University of Tehran. He has been teaching Quranic Sciences in Sistan and Baluchestan University for more than 20 years.
The [News agency] Jaras reports that Bastani used to study electrical engineering in Ariamehr Industrial University (now called Sharif University of Technology) before the Revolution. After the Revolution, he received his master’s in theology and Islamic science.
When the universities were closed down after the Revolution, he worked for a time in the prime minister’s office under Rajayi and Mousavi.
More than 30 people were arrested at the funeral. More than ten people are yet to be released [from detention].
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