Yashar Soltani

In September 2016, following publishing a set of declassified reports involving General Inspection Office on the controversial transfer of properties held by the Tehran Municipality to a number of people, he was arrested.^[1][2] He was released in November.^[3]

Soltani stood as a candidate for the City Council of Tehran in the Iranian local elections, 2017.^[4] He was placed 43rd with 256,424 votes, unable to win a seat.^[5]