Fereshteh Mazinani, the wife of Mehdi Nasiri, announced on a Telegram channel linked to Nasiri that he was arrested just after the couple visited the tomb complex of a famous Persian poet, Ferdowsi ...

Behrouz Ehsani, 69, and Mehdi Hassani, 48, were handed death sentences in September over their alleged membership of the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran - a banned opposition party.