During the past few weeks the Revolutionary Guards intelligence has launched a wave of arrests and detained six journalists, student and women rights activists.

Fereshte Tousi, a student activist in Alame University and journalist, is one of those arrested along with her husband in their home without any warrant. Their personal items were also confiscated.

 Afterwards journalist and women rights activist Parastoo Biranvand was arrested in similar circumstances. Sohi Mortezaie and Zahra Khandan were also apprehended in this wave of arrests.