Arrest of the young man who at a so called Free Election Tribune in Qom, referred to Raisi as a murderer
27-June-2021
Category: Freedom of Expression، Prisoners
June 25, 2021
Newsgroup: Freedom of Expression – Prisoners –
Breathing in Confinement: A young man living in Qom was arrested by security forces after he spoke at a so called Free Election Tribune. He criticized the government for the killings and executions, including the execution of Navid Afkari as well as the November 2019 massacre.
According to “Breathing in Confinement”, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, a young man who criticized the regime at a Free Tribune before the presidential election in the City of Qom, has been arrested. He has been identified by ” Breathing in Confinement” as: Vahid Khan Amini, son of Davood who owns a tool shop in Qom.
“After Vahid spoke at the tribune, he was arrest by security forces. So far however, the has been no information about the detaining organization or his whereabout. Vahid’s family has followed up on his condition, without receiving a response yet, ” said an informed source to the reporter of Breathing in Confinement.
It should be noted that, Vahid Khan Amini had spoken at a so called Free Tribune held by Raisi’s presidential campaign in the City of Qom where he criticized the government’s treatment of November 2019 protesters, the murder of Neda Agha Sultan, the execution of Navid Afkari, as well as the killing of Sattar Beheshti and Behnam Mahjoubi in prison.
In a part of his speech, he said: “My mother told me’: ‘Don’t say anything, they will kill you!’ I replied I must speak.”