A commemoration service for Reza Hoda Saber, the jailed Iranian journalist who died of a massive heart attack 10 days into a hunger strike, was held under strict security measures in Tehran.
Kaleme reports that more than 2,000 people attended, including Saber’s fellow Nationalist-Religious activists and several senior political reformists.
More than 200 security officers were deployed in the street and another 50 plainclothes officers were stationed inside the mosque.
The women’s section was kept under the control of female officers, and the entire ceremony was filmed and photographed.
Kaleme adds that one person rose during the ceremony and called upon attendees to say a prayer for the health of all political prisoners. According to Kaleme, officers immediately arrested that person.
