Osanloo Family Face Increasing Pressure

Only a week after the brutal attack and arrest of Zoya Samadi, Mansour Osanloo’s daughter-in-law, the youngest son of this well-known labor activist was also summoned to branch 1027 of the Revolutionary Court today.

In an interview with Rooz Online, Parvaneh Osanloo, Mansour Osanloo’s wife, commented on this recent event and said, “My son was arrested on June 23, 2009 and was later released after 18 days in prison. His case was cleared at the time, so I have no idea why he was summoned again.”

In reference to her son’s case, Mrs. Osanloo stated, “Unlike the previous days, on the 23rd of June 2009, the streets were rather calm. My son had gone out to buy a pair of shoes when they arrested him along with a number of others. He was released 18 days later and endured much physical and psychological distress. At the time, I accompanied my son to court and took his medical records with me. I informed them that my son was under medical care due to a recent and serious operation on his skull. I explained that he is unable to leave the house and as such has had no contact with anyone. They asked him a number of questions and closed his case file.”

Mrs. Osanloo added, “Yesterday they called again and summoned my son to branch 1027 for the same case. I have no idea why. Mr. Osanloo has been imprisoned for four years now and they still put his family under such pressure. The incident with my daughter-in-law occurred just this week and now this, all to put even more pressure on Mr. Osanloo. When I talked to my husband yesterday on the phone, I did not mention our son’s situation. I am waiting to find out more today before I say anything to him.”

In reference to her daughter-in-law’s physical and psychological condition, Mrs. Osanloo said: “Psychologically, she is very weak right now. She cannot move her right arm. Zoya is currently under medical care. At the moment, we spend most of our time visiting the offices of different doctors.”

Mrs. Osanloo who had previously referred to taking legal action regarding her daughter-in-law’s recent incident, confirmed today that she has contacted the Judiciary and asked that they look into this incident immediately.

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