The Islamic Iran Nation’s Union Get together sought the discharge of secretary-general Azar Mansouri, the Shargh newspaper mentioned on Monday (February 9, 2026), after her arrest together with different members of the Reform Entrance, an umbrella physique of Iranian reformists and moderates.
A marketing campaign of mass arrests and intimidation has led to the arrests of 1000’s as authorities search to discourage additional protests after final month’s crackdown on the bloodiest unrest for the reason that 1979 Islamic Revolution.
On Sunday (February 8, 2026), state media mentioned three senior figures from Iran’s Reform Entrance have been arrested, amongst them Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, Mohsen Aminzadeh, and Azar Mansouri, who acts because the entrance’s head. Shargh mentioned no less than two extra Reform Entrance members have been requested to report back to the prosecutor’s workplace in Tehran’s Evin jail on Tuesday (February 10, 2026).
The Reform Entrance’s spokesperson, Javad Emam, was additionally arrested, Mansouri’s lawyer, Hojjat Kermani, mentioned on Monday (February 9), including that it was unclear what expenses these detained. “We principally do not know what induced these arrests, as a result of the Reform Entrance has not but issued an announcement concerning the latest occasions (protests),” Mr. Kermani instructed the Iranian Labour Information Company (ILNA). “People might have commented on their very own.”
On Sunday (February 8, 2026), the judiciary’s media outlet Mizan mentioned “4 essential political components supporting the Zionist [regime] and the US” have been indicted, however gave no particulars. Tehran has blamed unrest-related violence on “rioters and armed terrorists,” it says, who have been backed by its key enemies, Israel and the US.
Previous Reform Entrance statements have been extremely essential of authorities. After the 12-day warfare towards Israel, its members warned that “incremental collapse” awaited the nation if it didn’t undertake basic reforms. Mr. Kermani mentioned the latest arrests weren’t associated to a judicial case launched towards the Entrance after that assertion, nevertheless.
Revealed – February 09, 2026 11:19 pm IST