Tehran, August 13: A top Iranian lawmaker has visited Tehran’s Evin prison to investigate the situation of the top Reformist figures arrested in the aftermath of the election.
“I met with [former deputy interior minister] Mostafa Tajzadeh, [former Vice President] Mohammad Ali Abtahi and [senior political advisor to Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani] Mohammad Atrianfar in Evin prison from 8:30 to 12 last night,” ILNA quoted deputy head of the Majlis Judicial Commission, Farhad Tajari, as saying on Thursday.
“They were in good conditions. For instance, Abtahi had a television in his room,” he added. “He also met his family members and had dinner with them in Evin prison on Tuesday night.”
“Tajzadeh was all right despite rumors that he had died,” he said. “He will be allowed to contact his family in the near future but now he is still under investigation.”
Tajari further pointed out that the Parliament members have felt relieved after his visit to Evin last night.
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the Head of Iran’s Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy, who is also a member of a fact-finding committee to investigate the cases of post-vote detainees, visited the Evin prison on Wednesday night.
A number of top Iranian Reformist figures were arrested during the post-election unrest in the country.
Iran turned into a scene of opposition rallies in protest to election results, which saw incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad win with nearly two-thirds of the vote.
—–Agencies