Mehdi Nasiri, an Iranian political activist, was arrested after visiting the tomb of Persian poet Ferdowsi. Nasiri's wife revealed on social media that authorities detained him after security checked ...

Iranian authorities have arrested a political activist who criticized the Islamic Republic’s ruling system, his wife ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities have arrested a political activist who criticized the Islamic Republic’s ruling system, his wife announced Sunday on social media. Fereshteh ...

Nasiri filmed a video in which he spoke about Ferdowsi and his great role in the Persian language, Mazinani said. According to her, Nasiri also mentioned the tomb complex was created in 1934 under ...

Fereshteh Mazinani, the wife of Mehdi Nasiri, announced on a Telegram channel linked to Nasiri that he was arrested just after the couple visited the tomb complex of a famous Persian poet ...