Iranian of the Day

Committee of Human Rights Reporters: On Monday, 28 May, the IRGC Intelligence Unit arrested three student activists at Isfahan University with the help of the University's Security Unit.

Mohammad Moradi, Mojtaba Sharifi, and Erfan Mohammadi (shown in photograph above) were arrested when they tried to distribute a banned student newspaper.

None of the imprisoned students have been allowed to contact their families. The IRGC Intelligence Unit contacted the family of one of the students.

At least five other Isfahan University student activists were summoned and interrogated by the IRGC's Intelligence Unit in connection with this case.

Mohammad Moradi is a Sociology student and editor of Toska student publication. Erfan Mohammadi, 21, is a Business student who worked on Toska, Takapoo, and Kebrit student publications. Mohammadi was first arrested on Student Day in November 2009, and was detained at Isfahan Intelligence Office for a short time. Mojtaba Sharifi is a philosophy student who, along with 11 others, was arrested on May Day 2010, and was later sentenced to 4 years and 5 months in prison, but his sentence has not been enforced yet.