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A journalist who went out to buy bread in Ankara… is in prison in Iran

An Iranian dissident journalist who went missing in Turkey in May is currently under the control of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Mohammad Bagher Moradi He was deported to Iran in early November. Before that, he was “illegally” detained in Turkey for five months. A Turkish representative of the journalist’s family gave information about this to Radio Liberty attorney Salih Efe gave

Moradi’s family on May 30 bread He says that he left his house in Ankara to buy it and never returned. Turkey the media reported that his abandoned car was found near his home the next day.

The media also writes that Moradi’s family members from Tehran have made an official appeal to the local prosecutor’s office regarding the disappearance of their son. In the application, they also mentioned that they suspected that their son had been kidnapped. Despite the launch of an official investigation, Moradi has not been found.

In June Turkey father of media journalist Mohsen Moradiof the son of Iran published his claim that he was kidnapped by intelligence.

In the following months, no information was given about it. On November 4, Moradi made a short phone call with his family. And he told them that he was in the control of “intelligence structures” in Iran. Moradi told his family that he was brought to Iran just a few days before that call. After that, he reportedly called his family two more times.

Sources say Moradi is under the control of the intelligence wing of the IKK. In recent years, many journalists, political and it is this institution behind the arrest of a social activist, an environmental activist, as well as a dual citizen.

Sources say that Moradi’s father was questioned by the IKK last week about his son’s activities in Turkey. In addition, the ICC ordered him to convince his son to confess on live TV.

in Iran political the practice of forcing prisoners to confess their “crimes” at the behest of investigators is not new. Many political prisoners after being released, they criticized this practice and said that they confessed under pressure.

Moradi, 34, five years in Iran in 2014 for anti-state activities imprisonment was sentenced to punishment. After that, he fled to Turkey.

Turkish attorney Efe told RFE/RL that an opposition journalist was given asylum in this country. According to him, the secret deportation of Moradi to Iran Turkey laws and international law, including 1951 UN It is a gross violation of the Refugee Convention.

Efe also said that Moradi told his family that he was abducted by Turkish intelligence officers and kept in an unknown location until he was deported. Lawyer He also says that Moradi was interrogated and tortured during his detention in Turkey.

“This is the fourth or fifth case of illegal and secret deportation of an Iranian political refugee by our government. I believe that Turkey cannot be considered a safe country for Iranian refugees. – Efe emphasizes.

Turkey is one of the countries where Iranian dissidents and activists often take refuge. But this country as well Iran is one of the main places where the intelligence hunts for dissidents. This one lives in Turkey Iran raises serious concerns about the safety of its citizens. What happened to Moradi will add to this concern.

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