Tehran: Iranian authorities returned leading
reformist Behzad Nabavi to jail today after he was freed on
bail following his arrest in the wake of disputed June
elections, his party said.
Nabavi, a senior official from the Organisation of
Mujahedeen of the Islamic Revolution party, had been sentenced
to six years in prison for his part in protests against
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election.
The former deputy parliament speaker was released for 10
days on November 25 on a surety of USD 800,000 pending a
possible appeal.
"Today, as his 10-day leave ran out, Nabavi went to the
revolutionary court... and he was told to go back to Evin
prison," the party said in a statement posted on its website.
"He was told he has not observed necessary things during
his leave, met with people outside his family, and made
certain comments in these meetings apart from the usual
greetings," it said, without elaborating.
In comments attributed to Nabavi after his release, he
was quoted as saying arrest warrants for post-vote detainees
were issued by an intelligence body several days before the
June 12 election.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, December 05, 2009, 23:03