Iranian reformer is arrested

Tehran - Leading Iranian dissident nationalist Mr Ezatollah Sahabi (75), of the pro-reform Iran Freedom Movement (IFM), was arrested…

Tehran - Leading Iranian dissident nationalist Mr Ezatollah Sahabi (75), of the pro-reform Iran Freedom Movement (IFM), was arrested yesterday on the orders of Tehran's revolutionary court, the IFM said. Mr Sahabi faced charges of insulting Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as anti-regime propaganda. --(AFP)

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