IRAN - Arrested in Connection with the War

IRAN - 2 people arrested for “contact with foreign media”

April 16, 2026:

April 16, 2026 - IRAN. 2 people arrested in Tehran for “contact with foreign media”

In a statement, the Tehran Police Information Center announced the arrest of two citizens over what it described as “sending information from sensitive military centers to foreign media outlets.”

According to Tasnim News Agency, the Information Center of the Greater Tehran Police Command reported that two citizens were arrested in Tehran. The statement claims that these individuals had recently “established contact with networks outside the country and used their mobile phones to send coordinates and sensitive information related to military centers.”

It further stated that the two citizens were arrested and that two of the locations they had allegedly transmitted were attacked during the war.

The report does not mention the identities of the individuals or their place of detention.

https://www.en-hrana.org/two-citizens-arrested-by-police-forces-in-tehran/