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Iran Focus
London, Feb. 27 – Two political activists in Iran’s Azerbaijan Province were
arrested for spreading anti-government propaganda leaflets in the
north-western town of Ahar, according to local
residents.
The two were identified as Javad Hassanpour and Taher Bayani.
Hassan-Pour and Bayani were taken to prison on
Saturday by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, Iran’s
dreaded secret police, for distributing leaflets hostile to the Iranian
government.
Azeri dissidents told Iran Focus that two Shiite clerics from Azerbaijan Province,
who are opposed to the ruling theocracy, were arrested in the holy city of Qom
on Saturday. Hojjat-ol-Islam Azimi
Qadim and Hojjat-ol-Islam
Fat’hollah were nabbed by MOIS agents from their
homes. Their families have not been given any information on their fate.
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