Iran's social security organization head released
Head of Iran's social security organization Saeed Mortazavi was
released from prison early Wednesday, after explanations and
interrogations, Fars news agency reported.
Mortazavi was arrested on Tuesday on charges of illegal possession
of government property, according to informed sources.
Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expressed his regret over the
arrest of Mortazavi, and said he will personally handle the
issue.
This is not the first time Mortazavi ended up behind bars - a
parliamentary report issued on January 10, 2010 blamed Mortazavi
for sending 147 inmates, charged with involvement in the political
unrest that occurred after the Iranian presidential election of
June 2009, to the substandard Kahrizak detention center on July 9,
2009.
In 2011, Tehran's Military Court dismissed Mortazavi after a series
of tragic incidents in the Kahrizak Prison.
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