Hamed and Hood, two sons of Mr. Yazarlou are currently in jail in Iran. “We have not heard about my elder son, Hamed, since he was arrested on February 20 and his family have not been allowed to contact him,” Dr. Yazarlou said. “ There are still no reports about his condition,” he added.
Hamed and Hood, two sons of Mr. Yazarlou are currently in jail in Iran. “We have not heard about my elder son, Hamed, since he was arrested on February 20 and his family have not been allowed to contact him,” Dr. Yazarlou said. “ There are still no reports about his condition,” he added.
“On February 20, When they took them [Hood and her mother] I asked the agents why they were taking them, agents replied, ‘do not know, we were told to arrest them’,” Mr. Yazarlou said.
Mr. Hamed Yazarlou, an aeronautics and space engineering student, although was accepted by Amir Kabir University to do his PhD, he had been banned two years in a row from continuing his studies.
Hood was previously sentenced to three years of prison by the Iranian regime’s judiciary and is currently in ward 8 of Evin Prison.
On February 20, 2009, the mullahs’ Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) conducted simultaneous raids on many homes across Tehran belonging to families of members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) residing in Ashraf City, including Yazarlou’s.
While the families were resting in their homes, the regime’s suppressive forces broke doors and windows, entered the households while terrorizing the families and brutally beating them. A number of them were arrested and transferred to the notorious Evin prison without even being allowed to change into proper clothing. The regime’s suppressive forces also damaged or confiscated personal belongings such as CDs, books, family photos and satellite receivers.
The physical condition of Dr. Hani Yazarlou, Hamed’s father, who suffers from severe heart ailment, has deteriorated after the vicious raids. The regime’s suppressive forces involved in attacking Dr. Yazarlou’s house were headed by a MOIS henchman with the pseudonym “Alavi.”
Photo: Mr. Hood Yazarlou (left) with his father Dr. Hani Yazarlou (right)