The Islamic Iran Nation's Union Party sought the release of secretary-general Azar Mansouri, the Shargh newspaper said on Monday (February 9, 2026), after her arrest along with other members of the Reform Front, an umbrella body of Iranian reformists and moderates.
A campaign of mass arrests and intimidation has led to the arrests of thousands as authorities seek to deter further protests after last month's crackdown on the bloodiest unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
On Sunday (February 8, 2026), state media said three senior figures from Iran's Reform Front were arrested, among them Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, Mohsen Aminzadeh, and Azar Mansouri, who acts as the front's head. Shargh said at least two more Reform Front members were asked to report to the prosecutor's office in Tehran's Evin prison on Tuesday (February 10, 2026).
The Reform Front's spokesperson, Javad Emam, was also arrested, Mansouri's lawyer, Hojjat Kermani, said on Monday (February 9), adding that it was unclear what charges those detained. "We basically don't know what caused these arrests, because the Reform Front has not yet issued a statement about the recent events (protests)," Mr. Kermani told the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA). "Individuals may have commented on their own."
