On Wednesday, Aliyeh Matlabi's daughter tweeted about a physical altercation between agents and her mother during a home search, stating that she has been summoned to Evin Prosecutor's Office. According to Ghazal Abdollahi's tweet, Aliyeh Matlabi, a photographer and women's rights activist, had her home searched by security agents, and some of her personal belongings were confiscated, leading to a physical confrontation between Ms. Matlabi and the agents. She has been summoned to Evin Prosecutor's Office and must appear within five days. After the Islamic Republic leader's 'amnesty' directive, Ms. Matlabi was released but has since been summoned twice to Evin Prosecutor's Office. Her summons follows the arrests and summonses of several participants in the two-day virtual meeting 'Dialogue for the Rescue of Iran,' which included 42 individuals with diverse political and ideological leanings. In this conference, 23 participants were from inside Iran and 19 from abroad. As one of the speakers on the second day of the conference, Aliyeh Matlabi stated that the 'power of the Islamic Republic' is based on 'suppressing the people' and remarked, 'The government is a deeply corrupt entity that has achieved nothing but deepening poverty, inequality, and discrimination, spending much of the wealth looted from the people to equip its suppression machine.' Following this meeting, Alireza Beheshti Shirazi was arrested, and Ghorban Behzadian Nejad, Narges Mohammadi, Alireza Hosseini Beheshti, Abdollah Naseri Taheri, and Hashem Aghajeri have been summoned or interrogated. Before this virtual meeting, Keyvan Samimi was arrested, but his speech text was published at the conference. Narges Mohammadi, Keyvan Samimi, Hatam Ghaderi, Abolfazl Ghadiani, Mehdi Nasiri, Saeed Madani, Faezah Hashemi, Hashem Aghajeri, Ardshir Amir Arjamand, Alireza Rajai, Mostafa Tajzadeh, Taghi Rahmani, Reza Alijani, Aliyeh Matlabi, Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, and Abdollah Momeni are among those who participated in this virtual meeting. Aliyeh Matlabi: Shout out your hatred and disgust for the Islamic Republic. Part of the chess program – Taghi Rahmani: It was stated at the conference that this regime cannot save Iran. Efforts by judicial authorities to clarify the charges against Narges Mohammadi in prison. Summons of Hashem Aghajeri to the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran. The International Federation of Journalists: Free Keyvan Samimi and other imprisoned journalists.
Aliyeh Matlabi summoned to Evin Prosecutor's Office; agents clashed and searched her home
Aliyeh Matlabi, a women's rights activist, was summoned to Evin Prosecutor's Office after a physical altercation with security agents during a search of her home. This incident follows a virtual conference where she criticized the Islamic Republic's oppressive regime. The situation highlights ongoing repression of dissent in Iran.
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📰 What Happened
Aliyeh Matlabi summoned to Evin Prosecutor's Office after clash with agents during home search.
- Iranian authorities summon Aliyeh Matlabi
- security agents search Aliyeh Matlabi's home
- Iranian authorities arrest Alireza Beheshti Shirazi
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The summoning of Aliyeh Matlabi indicates a crackdown on dissent.
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