Iran student arrested after reporting to court as summoned

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 19 – An Iranian student was arrested earlier this week after reporting to the country’s moral police as he had been instructed to do, students in Tehran told Iran Focus. Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Dec. 19 – An Iranian student was arrested earlier this week after reporting to the country’s moral police as he had been instructed to do, students in Tehran told Iran Focus.

Bahram Shojaii, a Chemical Engineering student at Tehran University’s Faculty of Engineering, appeared before the Revolutionary and Public Prosecutor’s Office on Sunday after receiving a summons.

He was immediately arrested there, fellow students said in an emailed statement.

Shojaii had previously been arrested on December 13 while distributing leaflets against the detention of fellow students.