NCRI – On August 17, agents of the Intelligence Ministry (MOIS) arrested Ms. Tayebeh Nabavi, family of Ashraf residents, in a brutal raid to her residence in Semnan (West of Tehran) and took her to an unknown location. They left her 3-years-old child alone at home.
The raid took place on Erfani’s orders, an interrogator of political prisoners in Semnan. During a several hour search the agents ransacked property and seized CDs, photo albums and books.
In addition to Tayebeh, three other members of this family are currently in jail; Seyed Zohour Nabavi, who used to write articles for the Sar-Zamin Ariya'i magazine, has been sentenced to 4 years in prison and jailed in Ward 350 of Evin prison, Ms. Atefeh Nabavi, and Seyed Zia Nabavi secretary of the Council in Defense of Right to Education, arrested during the uprisings and incarcerated in Ward 209 of Evin since June 14.
Seyed Zohour’s wife, Khadijeh, was also sentenced to one year in prison, and another of his sisters Hamideh Nabavi, arrested last year for taking part in a ceremony marking the anniversary of the massacre of political prisoners in 1988, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran calls on all human rights originations to take urgent measures to get Tayebeh Nabavi and all her family released.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
August 21, 2009
