RAHANA-On October 15, 2011 plainclothes agents who were not in possession of an arrest warrant, while using insults and profanities, violently detained Hooman Fakhar.

According to Human Rights House of Iran this children and women’s rights activist was sentenced to prison and exile to the city of Khaf. He was been released on bail while awaiting the decision of the appellate court.

Hooman Fakhar had previously been arrested on February 12, 2011 and was on temporary release when he was detained again. This 23-year-old electrical engineer and human rights activist from Tehran and resident of the Netherlands.

Article in Persian: http://www.rahana.org/archives/47544