Journalist Mahboubeh Khansari arrested at her home

GVF -- Weblog wirter and journalist Mahboubeh Khansari has been arrested.

According to the Free Journalist website, security forces went to her home at 11pm on 31 May and arrested her after inspecting her room and confiscating her mobile phone, computer and a number of other personal possessions.

The agents did not provide the family with information regarding the reason for her arrest or the place of her detention and only mentioned that they would be contacted after 48 hours after which the family would have to refer to the judiciary for following up her legal case.

It should be noted that Mahboubeh Khansari has not been involved in any sort of journalistic activity within the past year and her time was mainly consumed by academic work and finishing her thesis in translation.

Khansari has been active in journalism for more than ten years and has worked with various publications during this time.She has previously been awarded by the city council of Tehran for her work in journalism.

Her weblog which does not contain any political content was also filtered by authorities for unknown reasons a few months ago.