Farhad Jafari, the author of the novel “Piano Cafe”, has been arrested in Mashhad and is currently being held in Vakilabad Prison. The father of the writer mentioned that Farhad Jafari was arrested on June 1. He added that in a meeting that he had with him today, Farhad Jafari assumed that his arrest was due to supporting the orphaned girls living in the Revolution Street and publishing lies. According to Jafari’s father, his son still does not have a lawyer.
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