According to Saham News, the son of Mehdi Karroubi, one the key leaders of Iran’s Green Movement, is not allowed to leave Iran. His passport has been confiscated on Friday when he intended to leave Iran from Imam Khomeini Airport, near Tehran. Mohammad Taghi Karroubi was on his way to London for an academic visit. There has not been any clarification from the government on why his travel has been prevented/
Mehdi Karroubi was one of the presidential candidates for the elections of June 12th, 2009. He has been furiously protesting against the election results, which he considers a fraud. He also openly and frequently accused the government of torture and sexual violence to put pressure on arrested protesters and the Green Movement supporters. Several times already since June, Karroubi has been arrested. His newspaper Etemad Meli has been closed and during the February 15th demonstrations, his other son Hossein was arrested and beaten.