Iran: Environmental activist arrested

A culture and environmental activist from Ahvaz, southern Iran, was arrested on Thursday by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, according to sources.

Amir Zargani, 35, was arrested in his office, transferred to an unknown location and no information available on his whereabouts, according to his family.

Intelligence agents confiscated his mobile phone, workers’ phones and workshop CCTV camera, according to local sources.

Zargani was active in forming a human chain protesting the rerouting of Iran’s Karoon River water and environmental pollution. He was also active in launching Arabic poetry sessions.

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