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The Islamic Iran Nation's Union Party sought the merchandise of secretary-general Azar Mansouri, the Shargh newspaper said connected Monday (February 9, 2026), aft her arrest on with different members of the Reform Front, an umbrella assemblage of Iranian reformists and moderates.
A run of wide arrests and intimidation has led to the arrests of thousands arsenic authorities question to deter further protests aft past month's crackdown connected the bloodiest unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
On Sunday (February 8, 2026), authorities media said three elder figures from Iran's Reform Front were arrested, among them Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, Mohsen Aminzadeh, and Azar Mansouri, who acts arsenic the front's head. Shargh said astatine slightest 2 more Reform Front members were asked to study to the prosecutor's bureau successful Tehran's Evin situation connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026).
The Reform Front's spokesperson, Javad Emam, was besides arrested, Mansouri's lawyer, Hojjat Kermani, said connected Monday (February 9), adding that it was unclear what charges those detained. "We fundamentally don't cognize what caused these arrests, due to the fact that the Reform Front has not yet issued a connection astir the caller events (protests)," Mr. Kermani told the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA). "Individuals whitethorn person commented connected their own."
On Sunday (February 8, 2026), the judiciary's media outlet Mizan said "four important governmental elements supporting the Zionist [regime] and the United States" were indicted, but gave nary details. Tehran has blamed unrest-related unit connected "rioters and equipped terrorists," it says, who were backed by its cardinal enemies, Israel and the United States.
Past Reform Front statements person been highly captious of authorities. After the 12-day warfare against Israel, its members warned that "incremental collapse" awaited the state if it did not follow cardinal reforms. Mr. Kermani said the caller arrests were not related to a judicial lawsuit launched against the Front aft that statement, however.
