Shahabeddin Tabatabaei
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Shahabeddin Tabatabaei (Persian: شهاب الدین طباطبایی) is an Iranian politician, author, journalist, reformist, head of the youth department at Iran's Islamic Participation Front,[1] and the Secretary general of the Iranian Neda Party.[2]
He was the director of the youth committee for Mir-Hossein Mousavi in the 10th presidential election of Iran and was arrested during the protests that followed the 10th presidential election of Iran in 2009.[3][4]
Tabatabaei was the director of the youth committee for Mir-Hossein Mousavi during the election.[3][4] When Iranian authorities blocked Facebook during the election campaign he said:
Every single media outlet that is seen as competition for Ahmadinejad is at risk of being closed.[5]
and called it "a swift reaction" to a major pro-Mousavi rally in a Tehran sports stadium which included an appearance by former reformist president Mohammad Khatami and many young people.[5]
Tabatabaei was arrested on 4 June 2009, five days after the election, among many other famous Iranian reformists after the 10th presidential election of Iran.[3][4] On 17 October 2009, the court sentenced Shahab Tabatabai to five years in prison for "acting against national security. As the Human Rights Watch report, he among other reformist politicians, intellectuals, journalists, clerics, and student leaders has been put on trial before courts that do not meet international fair trial standards. They had been held for months without access to lawyers, much of that time in solitary confinement. The authorities assigned them lawyers at their trials, but there was no time to prepare their defense and the court-appointed lawyers did not represent them properly.[6]
On 24 October 2009, Iranian authorities detained 35 relatives and supporters of jailed reformists, including wives and children at the prayer ceremony to pay respect to them at the residence of reformist Shahab Tabatabai's father-in-law.[7]
Tehran prosecutors refused to free them on bail.[8]