GVF — Another advisor to Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi has been arrested in the holy city of Qom.
According to the Green Voice of Freedom’s Persian service, cleric and law professor Mostafa Mirahmadizadeh was arrested by security forces on Wednesday afternoon. Mirahmadizadeh was a student of late Gran Ayatollah Montazeri and is currently a member of the Baran foundation established by former president Mohammad Khatami. Following his arrest, he was taken to a prison run by the Intelligence Bureau of Qom.
Mirahmadizadeh was arrested once more in late February 2010 after which he was held in custody for eighteen days. According to a verdict by a special clerical court, Mirahmadizadeh was sentenced to ten years of exile outside Qom and was barred from appearing in public in the special robe and turban reserved for Shiite clergymen.
Pro-government websites reported that the reason for Mirahmadizadeh’s arrested was his alleged involvement in directing the Ashura protests on 27 December 2009, signing a petition in support of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri along with 380 other figures, a letter to the “president” and conducting meetings with the leaders of the Green Movement. Other reports suggest that Mirahmadizadeh's arrest was related to his critical viewpoints towards the political system and a heated debate he had had with a student at Qom’s Mofid University who had insulted Grand Ayatollah Montazeri in class.