NCRI – Former president of Tehran University, Dr. Mohammad Maleki, was arrested in a raid on his residence in Tehran this morning. The suppressive forces took away his computer, notes, personal documents and 80 books. Maleki was appointed as the university president right after the Iranian revolution in 1979. He has been suffering from a serious illness and was just recovering at home when the raid took place.
Dr. Maleki was a political prisoner under the shah’s regime. In July 1981, under the mullahs’ regime, he was arrested and sentenced to five years imprisonment. However, he refused to submit and has repeatedly denounced the regime.
The Iranian Resistance, while warning against torture and pressure against Dr. Maleki, urges all human rights defenders and organizations, student and teachers unions and academics throughout the world to condemn his arrest and to take urgent measures to get him released.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
August 22, 2009
