Hosseyn Ronaghi Says He Was Released After Several Hours at Court and Ministry of Intelligence

Hosseyn Ronaghi, a political activist and former political prisoner, who stated he would attend the Revolutionary Court with "stitched lips" in protest against security forces preventing the burial ceremony for Kianoush Sanjari, a former political prisoner, announced after several hours that he had been released. On the evening of Sunday, November 18, he said on X (formerly Twitter) that after attending the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, security agents transferred him and his lawyer to the Ministry of Intelligence office. He continued, "There, they insisted on opening my lips, which I opposed. They insisted on detaining me and sending me to prison; they asked about my demands, but I had nothing to say. I wrote on a blank paper: 'My words are Kianoush's words, and my demands are Kianoush's demands.' After several hours, they released me." Hosseyn Ronaghi, early on Sunday, shared a video on X stating that he had previously said, "We have the right to bury Kianoush, one of the noblest and dearest children of this land," but the Islamic Republic officials have ignored this issue. He added that he is not one to kill himself, that he comes to the Revolutionary Court, and "you have to detain me." Hours later, this political activist posted a photo of himself with stitched lips on X, writing: "Maybe it will be a wake-up call, long live Iran," a phrase similar to a message that Kianoush Sanjari, a journalist and political activist, had published before his recent suicide. Kianoush Sanjari had lived in the United States for years and was a collaborator with the Persian section of the Voice of America television network. He had returned to Tehran in 2016 to take care of his elderly mother and had been repeatedly summoned and detained by the security and intelligence agencies of the Islamic Republic. Mr. Sanjari committed suicide on Wednesday, November 14, in protest against the continued detention of several political activists. This incident received widespread reactions on social media. The burial ceremony for Kianoush Sanjari was held in a "security atmosphere"; the reaction of Abram Pily. Amnesty International issued a statement saying that "years of interrogation, unjust detention, torture, and exile" tortured Kianoush Sanjari, and his oppressors "went unpunished." His burial ceremony was also held in a security atmosphere in Behesht Zahra, Tehran. An informed individual present at Behesht Zahra on Friday, November 25, told Radio Farda that security forces allowed only a few of his close relatives and family members to attend Mr. Sanjari's burial ceremony. Hosseyn Ronaghi, who had previously written about Mr. Sanjari's suicide method, reported that he had been detained on Thursday while on his way to attend Kianoush Sanjari's burial ceremony. If you are thinking about suicide, contact social emergency 123 or counseling centers. The severe government crackdown and the danger of protests becoming "underground". What doctors and eyewitnesses recount about the injured protesters. The revelation of the limitations of China-Iran relations amid protests. An official from the governor's office: 400 people were killed in Mashhad; a reporter from Ham-Mihan: Tehran smells of death. Eyewitness accounts of the massacre and the situation in several cities in Isfahan province; "like war-torn areas." The last representative of Mossad in Tehran passed away amid the Iran crisis. Trump announced an agreement to hold a meeting about Greenland in Davos. The escape of ISIS prisoners from prison coincided with the withdrawal of Kurdish militants from Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor.