{"id":1068,"date":"2018-11-05T21:22:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpiran.org\/english\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2026-02-08T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:45:30","slug":"wife-son-kidnapped-activist-arrested-protestors-attacked-armed-forces-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpiran.org\/english\/wife-son-kidnapped-activist-arrested-protestors-attacked-armed-forces-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Wife and son of kidnapped activist arrested and protestors attacked by armed forces in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 5<sup>th<\/sup> November 2018, a group of protestors including family members of Hashem Khastar, the kidnapped activist, gathered in front of Ibn-e-Sina psychiatric hospital and called for his freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The protest that was called by the Teachers&#8217; Association was attacked by armed forces and 8 people, including Hashem Khastar&#8217;s son and his wife, Mrs Sedigheh Malekifar, were taken and currently no one knows about Mrs Malekifar\u2019s whereabouts and condition.<\/p>\n<p>Hashem Khastar was kidnapped on 23<sup>rd<\/sup> October and a day later his family found out that he had been admitted to the acute ward of the Ibn-e-Sina psychiatric hospital in Mashhad.<\/p>\n<p>On 29<sup>th<\/sup> October 2018, the Coordinating Council of the Teachers&#8217; Association released a statement about the kidnapping of Hashem Khastar in which it stated: \u201cIf building up cases, insults, accusations, summoning, arrests and imprisonment of teachers is not stopped in Iran, teachers will not leave the humiliations and abuses go on without a response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#WPIranNews #FightForLife #ArrestedTeachersInIran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>On 5th November 2018, a group of protestors including family members of Hashem Khastar, the kidnapped activist, gathered in front of Ibn-e-Sina psychiatric hospital and called for his freedom. 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