January 7, 2010

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After one week of no news on Sourena Hashemi and Alireza Firoozi, their family members have confirmed their arrests.

After one week of not knowing the status of Sourena Hashemi and Alireza Firoozi, two students at the University of Zanjan, their relatives confirmed that they were arrested by intelligence agents. Limited information is available on the conditions of the two prisoners.

Sourena Hashemi, a member of the liberal students group, was freed recently after spending three weeks in Evin Prison. Alireza Firoozi, a student and human rights activist, was sentenced to two years in prison by the General and Revolutionary courts in Zanjan for corruption regarding the student deputy at Zanjan Univeristy. Firoozi was also expelled from the university.

- Golrokh