Iran to try brother-in-law of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi

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Source: The Guardian

Shapour Kazemi to appear before revolutionary court on unspecified charges after arrest during post-election crackdown
Associated Press in Tehran guardian.co.uk, Friday 13 November 2009 13.50 GMT

The brother-in-law of Iran's main opposition leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, will be put on trial before the revolutionary court, months after his arrest in the country's post-election crackdown, Tehran's public prosecutor said today.

The opposition denounced the arrest of Shapour Kazemi as an attempt to put on pressure Mousavi. The brother of Mousavi's wife, Kazemi was held in June when security forces crushed pro-reform protests that erupted after the disputed presidential election. Mousavi's wife, Zahra Rahnavard, said Kazemi, a 62-year-old communications engineer, was apolitical.

The prosecutor, Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi, was quoted by the state news agency IRNA as saying Kazemi would go on trial, but he did not specify the charges. More than 100 reform politicians, activists and journalists have been on trial before the revolutionary court since July, accused of seeking to topple the government.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/13/iran-court-opposition-mousavi-kazemi