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They are being held in Ward 209 of Evin prison in Tehran, under the supervision of Iran\u0027s Intelligence Ministry.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn May 9, authorities \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/05\/20\/iran-arrests-amid-economic-protests\u0022\u003Earrested\u003C\/a\u003E Assadollahi and Mohtadi after raiding their home. On May 12, intelligence agents \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/05\/20\/iran-arrests-amid-economic-protests\u0022\u003Earrested\u003C\/a\u003E Shahabi, a member of the SWTSBC governing board. On May 19, Amir Raisian, the three detainees\u2019 lawyer, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hra-news.org\/2022\/hranews\/a-34903\/\u0022\u003Etold\u003C\/a\u003E the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) that he was not allowed access to details of their cases, which undermines their right to a fair trial.\u00a0 Raisian told HRANA that authorities at the second branch of the security prosecutors\u2019 office only said that his clients had been arrested for national security reasons.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn May 15, Telegram channels close to Iran\u2019s intelligence services \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/313-313.ir\/?p=6194\u0022\u003Eclaimed\u003C\/a\u003E that Shahabi and Assadollahi were arrested on the charges of \u201ccooperating with a foreign team intending to overthrow\u201d the government, without providing evidence for this accusation. Iranian intelligence agencies regularly arrest individuals on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/05\/20\/iran-arrests-amid-economic-protests\u0022\u003Evague charges\u003C\/a\u003E, and Iranian courts, especially revolutionary courts, regularly fall far short of providing fair trials.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIran is a party to the International \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/instruments-mechanisms\/instruments\/international-covenant-civil-and-political-rights\u0022\u003ECovenant on Civil and Political Rights\u003C\/a\u003E (ICCPR), which protects the right to liberty. The UN Human Rights Committee has \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/documents-dds-ny.un.org\/doc\/UNDOC\/GEN\/G14\/244\/51\/PDF\/G1424451.pdf?OpenElement\u0022\u003Eexplained\u003C\/a\u003E that deprivation of liberty is arbitrary when it results from the exercise of fundamental rights under the convention, including free expression and association.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn recent years, Iranian authorities have responded to an increase in labor protests and related actions with arbitrary arrests and prosecutions of labor rights activists. Over the past 12 months, at least 69 workers have been \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/04\/29\/iran-labor-protests-surge\u0022\u003Earrested\u003C\/a\u003E, and dozens more have been summoned for interrogations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]