Family of deceased member of Iranian resistance arrested for intending to hold a private memorial

Hassan sadeghi, the son of late Gholamhossein Sadeghi who passed away last week, was arrested along with his wife and 17 year old son, for planning to hold a private memorial at their house for his deceased father. Gholamhossein Sadeghi who passed away last week, was a prominent merchant in Tehran’s Bazaar and a member of the Iranian resistance. Agents of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), raided Mr Sadeghi’s home early Monday morning arresting Mr Sadeghi and his wife, and took away their computer, photo albums and all their belongings.
The MOIS agents returned the next day arresting the only other remaining member of the family, the 17 year old Nima Sadeghi who was taken to an unknown location. They also confiscated and sealed the house on the order of the Judiciary in order to prevent a ceremony being held in memory of the late Sadeghi who was a known member of MEK.

Mr Sadeghi died of heart attack two weeks after a major, and much delayed, operation. Before being transferred to Camp Liberty, he lived in Camp Ashraf where the Government of Iraq imposed a medical blockade depriving the residents of proper and adequate health care and services, of which he was one of the victims.

His son Hassan Sadeghi 49 is a former political prisoner who was arrested at the age of 17 in 1981 and imprisoned for 7 years for his activities in relation to the Iranian resistance. His wife Fatemeh Mothana 45 was also a political prisoner, who was arrested at the age of 13 along with her family in 1981 and spent 3 years in the Iranian government prisons.