{"id":2023238,"date":"2023-09-06T10:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T14:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-arrests-uncle-of-woman-killed-by-morality-police\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T10:27:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T14:27:10","slug":"iran-arrests-uncle-of-woman-killed-by-morality-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-arrests-uncle-of-woman-killed-by-morality-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran detains relative of woman slain by morality police."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-arrests-uncle-of-woman-killed-by-morality-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2023238&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Protesters \u200bgather to demonstrate against the\u2062 death\u200c of Mahsa Amini in Iran\u200b on September \u200d23, 2022 in \u200cBerlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup\/Getty\u200d Images)<\/h2>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<h3>Uncle of Kurdish Iranian Woman Detained \u200cAhead of Death Anniversary<\/h3>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s security forces have detained the uncle of a Kurdish Iranian woman days before\u200d the anniversary of \u200dher death in the custody of\u2064 the morality police that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-now-calling-for-action-against-voting-irregularities-trying-to-close-house-races-they-lost\/\" title=\"Democrats now calling for action against voting irregularities, trying to close House races they lost\">sparked months<\/a> of\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-carries-out-monstrous-execution-of-journalist-who-encouraged-anti-government-protests\/\" title=\"Iran Carries Out \u2018Monstrous\u2019 Execution of Journalist Who Encouraged Anti-Government Protests\">nationwide protests<\/a>, a source close to the family said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Fearing a revival of the unrest \u2062that rocked the Islamic Republic, Iran&#8217;s clerical rulers have increased their clamp-down on dissent\u2064 aimed at deterring any \u200bgatherings on Mahsa\u2062 Amini&#8217;s death anniversary\u2064 on Sept. 16.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A group of security forces \u200bwent to Amini&#8217;s uncle Safa Aeli&#8217;s home yesterday &#8230;\u2062 searched his car\u200c and house without having a court order and\u200d then arrested him. &#8230; They also confiscated some documents like his passport,&#8221; said \u200dthe source.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prior \u200bto his arrest, Aeli was followed by security forces for a week. &#8230; \u2064The family does not know where \u2064he has \u200dbeen taken.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s judiciary did not respond to Reuters&#8217;s request\u200c for\u200d comment.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-arrests-uncle-of-woman-killed-by-morality-police\/\" title=\"Iran detains relative of woman slain by morality police.\">months-long anti-government \u2062protests spiraled<\/a> into the biggest show of\u2062 opposition to Iran&#8217;s authorities in years, \u200bwith many \u2063calling for the\u2062 end of more than four decades of Islamic clerical rule.<\/p>\n<p>Over 500 people\u2014including 71 minors\u2014were killed, hundreds \u2064wounded, and thousands arrested during \u2064the unrest that was violently quelled by Iran&#8217;s\u200c security forces, \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abortion-foes-say-out-of-state-funds-are-influencing-ohio-constitutional-amendment\/\" title=\"Out-of-state funds accused of influencing Ohio constitutional amendment by abortion opponents.\">rights \u2064groups<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>France-based Kurdistan Human \u200bRights Network said on Tuesday that the security forces have mounted pressure on\u200b the family members of \u2064protesters\u200c killed in the unrest\u2064 by summoning, threatening or arresting them in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The families have been threatened to avoid calling for any gatherings to\u2064 mark Amini&#8217;s \u2062anniversary,&#8221; \u200bit said.<\/p>\n<p>In a report last month, Amnesty International said Iranian authorities\u2064 &#8220;have been subjecting victims&#8217; families to arbitrary \u200darrest \u2064and detention, imposing cruel restrictions on peaceful \u2064gatherings at \u200dgrave\u2062 sites, and destroying \u200bvictims&#8217; gravestones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many journalists, lawyers, activists,\u200b students, academics, ethnic minorities, \u2064artists, public figures, and family members of protesters \u2062killed in the unrest have\u2064 been arrested, \u2062summoned, threatened, or fired in the past few weeks, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-throws-out-challenge-to-president-trumps-bid-to-exclude-illegal-aliens-from-being-counted-in-determining-congressional-seats\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Throws Out Challenge to President Trump\u2019s Bid to Exclude Illegal Aliens from Being Counted in Determining Congressional Seats\">rights groups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s\u200c <em>Etemaad Daily<\/em> reported in August that the lawyer for Amini&#8217;s family also \u200dfaces \u200dcharges of &#8220;propaganda against the system.&#8221; If convicted, Saleh Nikbakht faces \u200ba jail sentence between one \u2062and three years.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have accused Iran&#8217;s arch-enemies the United States and Israel and\u2063 their local agents of \u200dbeing behind the unrest to destabilize \u2062the country.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials have said that many members of the security forces\u200b have been killed by &#8220;rioters and thugs backed by foreign foes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Writing by Parisa Hafezi; editing by Alexandra Hudson)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published under:<\/strong> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/iran\/\" title=\"View all posts in Iran\">Iran<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters in Berlin, Germany, unite against the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran. On September 23, 2022, her uncle was detained by Iran&#8217;s security forces, just days before the anniversary of her tragic demise in the custody of the morality police. This incident ignited widespread protests across the nation for months. 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