Former reformist lawmaker arrested amid expanding purge
Ali Shakouri-Rad, a senior reformist politician and former lawmaker, was arrested on Monday a few days after he accused security bodies of deliberately escalating and even staging violence including alleged killings among their own ranks to legitimize the sweeping crackdown on protests.
Shakouri-Rad's arrest comes within the framework of a broader purge of moderate insiders which started over the weekend with the arrest of Azar Mansouri and several other leading figures in the reformism camp.
