NCRI – Canadian Press quoted Foreign Affairs department officials as saying that an Iranian-Canadian professor has been arrested in Iran. Spokeswoman Marie-Christine Lilkoff said the department was aware of the detention of the Canadian-Iranian national. She added that consular officials in Iran are in touch with the man’s family and providing assistance.
She would not reveal the man’s name or any other details, citing privacy concerns.
The news emerged on April 28, the same day the International Atomic Energy Agency reported Iran has defied a UN Security Council call for a freeze on enriching uranium, calling its lack of co-operation with nuclear inspectors a “matter of concern.”
Canadian Press reminded that in 2003, Montreal photojournalist Zahra Kazemi died in custody in Iran after being arrested for taking pictures outside a Tehran prison.
