Mehdi Saharkhiz on His Father's Arrest
"Two weeks ago that they raided our house. They threatened to break the door down, so my sister let them in. They went through my dad’s personal belongings, took [Karroubi] campaign material and his computer from the campaign. Since then he’s been in hiding. They tracked him down yesterday. One of his friends gave a call to let us know he had been arrested.
I expect he’ll be in solitary confinement and pressed to do confessions. Anything that comes out of him as a confession is under torture or pressure. Anything he confesses to is illegitimate. He has done nothing wrong. All he’s been doing is reporting what is going on. He was freely expressing his opinion, it’s his constitutional right.
My dad is just one of so many who’ve been arrested during the past few weeks. He lost his brother in the Iran-Iraq war. He is part of this country and the country means a lot for him."
