Tehran: Iranian security forces have
arrested 30 so-called "mournful mothers" who were protesting
in a Tehran park the death or disappearance of their children
in post-election unrest, an opposition website reported today.
Kaleme.org, quoting witnesses, said the women were
rounded up yesterday in Laleh park.
"Around 4:00 pm (1230 GMT) we were in Laleh park and
there were more than 100 police... who were not allowing the
mothers to sit on the benches or gather in groups," the
unidentified witness told the website.
"There were around 70 mothers in the park and the
security chased them out. A number of them escaped but around
30 were arrested and were forcefully taken into police vans,"
the witness said.
They women were driven to a police station, the
website said without giving more information.
"Mournful mothers" are a group of mothers whose
children have gone either missing or killed in the aftermath
of protests unleashed following the contested re-election in
June of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The women, who dress in black group in sign of
mourning, usually gather in Laleh park on Saturday afternoons
to protest against the death or disappearance of their
children, according to their website.
PTI
