11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State

Iranian government limits freedom of association: General secretary of the Iranian Democratic Front, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, arrested ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23028]

"The constitution provides for the establishment of political parties, professional associations, Islamic religious groups, and organizations for recognized religious minorities, provided that such groups do not violate the principles of "freedom, sovereignty, and national unity," or question Islam as the basis of the Islamic Republic; however, the government limited freedom of association in practice. [...]

[...] On November 11, security forces arrested Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, General Secretary of the Democratic Iranian Front, a political party, and transferred him to Evin Prison. At year's end no charges had been filed."

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14.11.2007 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Officials have again imprisoned Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, the head of Iran's Democratic Front and the publisher of a now-banned weekly newspaper, "Payam-e Daneshjou-ye Basiji" ("Iranian Journalist, Political Activist Imprisoned Again") [ID 21669]

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