Middle East
Human Rights Activist Kouhyar Goudarzi and His Mother Were Arrested by Iranian authorities
: According to reports from Iran, human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi and his mother Parvin Mokhtare have been arrested by the Iranian authorities. Parvin Mokhtare was arrested in Kerman (southeastern Iran) and is being held in a detention center in this city. There are no confirmed reports about the exact date of Kouhyar Goudarzi s arrest or his current location, but reports say that he was arrested during the past few days.