A little more information is becoming available on the arrest of Ramin Jahanbegloo:
Deputy Tehran Prosecutor Mahmoud Salarkia told the ISNA students news agency Jahanbegloo was being held in the capital's notorious Evin prison, where most of Iran's jailed political dissidents are held.Mohsen Kadivar is also quoted in this report:Charges against Jahanbegloo, who also holds Canadian citizenship, "will be announced after the interrogations," an unnamed judiciary official told the Etemad-e Melli newspaper.
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His arrest was lamented at a gathering at the Association of Iranian Journalists on Wednesday."It has not been announced why (Jahanbegloo was arrested) but we hope the day will come when no-one is held... before being tried by an open court," said liberal cleric Mohsen Kadivar, who himself was jailed in the past for outspoken criticism of Iran's political leaders.
"[T]hey don't even announce that he's been arrested. This is the height of insecurity and lawlessness."A statement on behalf of HRW:
The U.S.-based rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) today condemned Jahanbegloo's arrest.In an interview with RFE/RL, HRW spokesman Hadi Ghaemi said from New York that the detention is a bad sign for academic freedoms in Iran.
"We are seriously worried about the situation and conditions of Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo," Ghaemi said. "According to reports, Dr. Jahanbegloo was arrested on [April 28 or April 29] in Tehran's airport without any legal reason or explanation."