Criticism of Hassan Rouhani and Sadegh Larijani's Silence Regarding Recent Arrests

Mahmoud Sadeqi, a member of parliament, criticized Hassan Rouhani and Sadegh Larijani, heads of the executive and judicial branches, for their "silence," "indifference," and "lack of accountability" in the face of "violations of citizens' rights." On Thursday, March 16, following reports of the mass arrest of managers of reformist Telegram channels, Sadeqi called on the heads of the executive and judiciary to be accountable in this matter. He questioned why they have remained "indifferent" and "silent" against the violations of citizens' rights in Iran. Sadeqi also noted that his inquiries since the previous day to identify the authority behind the arrests of these managers have so far been fruitless. According to him, no official has responded to his inquiries regarding this issue. Mustafa Tajzadeh, a reformist political activist, also tweeted in response to these arrests that "using radio and television to engineer elections and suppress rival media is one of the principles of election engineering." In recent days, reports have emerged about the arrest of 12 managers of reformist or government-supporting Telegram channels, including Ali Ahmadnia, the manager of the Telegram channel Eslahat News, with no authority yet accepting responsibility for their arrests. However, Ali Motahari, the deputy speaker of the Iranian parliament, has identified a "military intelligence agency" as the cause of the "arrest of 12 managers of reformist or government-supporting Telegram channels." Motahari stated that the name of the authority behind these arrests must be clarified and that "if the Minister of Intelligence does not provide a convincing answer, we will pursue questioning him and, if necessary, his impeachment." Hamed Zargar, a former lawyer for Morad Zaghafi, also mentioned his former client as one of those arrested in the past 48 hours. Zargar added that no explanation has been given to Zaghafi's family regarding the reason for his arrest, and only Zaghafi contacted his family on Thursday to confirm that he is in detention. Zaghafi, in addition to being the editor of Goftogu, is the director of Shirazeh Publishing and the head of the NGO "Dar Shahr." He is also the nephew of Khadijeh Zaghafi, the wife of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic. He had criticized "widespread corruption" in Tehran's municipality during a meeting titled "People's City Council; Opportunities and Limitations" on March 10. In this context, Motahari threatened to impeach the Minister of Intelligence due to the "arrest of 12 Telegram managers." The continued arrests of political and civil activists; the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Goftogu" has been arrested. Hengameh Shahidi, a journalist and former advisor to Mehdi Karroubi, has been arrested again. Another journalist in Iran, Ehsan Mazandarani, has "gone on a dry hunger strike." The wife of Ehsan Mazandarani stated that her husband's sentence had ended. Changing the battlefield of "proxy wars"; war against the people in the streets of Iran. The first paragraph; the responsibility of the opposition and the possibility of radicalizing Iranian society. The death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amid the Iran crisis. 1300 hours of internet outages; Witkoff: a horrific massacre occurred during the protests in Iran.