Brother of Killed Protester Mehran Basir Tavana Arrested by Iranian Security Forces in Gilan

Hengaw: Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Maisam Basir Tavana, a Gilak resident of Fuman city and brother of slain protester Mehran Basir Tawana, was arrested by security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

According to a report obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on the morning of Tuesday, August 6, 2024, security agents arrested Maisam Basir Tavana at his workplace and took him to the Prosecutor's office.

After being taken to the Fuman City Prosecutor's Office, Maisam Basir Tavana was arrested by the forces of the Intelligence Department of Gilan Province and subsequently transferred to prison.

It is noteworthy that in January 2024, Maisam Basir Tavana was summoned to the first investigation branch of the Fuman Prosecutor's Office on charges of "insulting the authorities and disturbing the public mind," which he refused to respond to as a form of protest.

He was previously arrested on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, by the Intelligence Department forces in Fuman city, Gilan province, and released the next day. This marks his fourth arrest by security forces.

Mehran Basir Tavana, a 29-year-old from Fuman city in Gilan province, was shot in the chest by government forces during nationwide protests in the city of Sowme'eh Sara, Gilan province, on November 16, 2022.