Jafar Rostami Rad Arrested in Ardabil

HRANA News Agency – Jafar Rostami Rad, resident of Ardabil was arrested by security forces. His family does not have any information about his condition or location.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Jafar Rostami was arrested by security forces of Ardabil on Monday August 15.
A close source to him told HRANA’s reporter, “The reason of this arrest and Mr. Rostami Rad’s whereabouts are still unknown”.
Jafar Rostami Rad had previously been arrested for his activities. Last time he was sentenced to 6 months in prison for damaging governmental properties by branch number 101 of criminal court of Astara city.
Before that he was tried in 2014 along with 18 others in branch number 104 of criminal court of Tabriz, and sentenced to three months and 1 day prison and 30 lashes, for performing unusual and hooligan behavior in Yadgar Imam Stadium.
This court suspended the sentence for two years.
During the soccer match between Tractorsazi and Aljazeera from UAE, tens of Azeris and fans of this soccer club were arrested in Tabriz, on February 26, 2013.
Jafar Rostami Rad was also arrested for attending Savalan ceremony, along with other Azeri activists in summer 2014 and released on the bail after few days.
Jafar Rostami Rad is graduated from Mohaghegh Ardabili University in Mathematics and is a student in industrial engineering in Payam Noor university of Ardabil.

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