NCRI Women commitee, 18 March 2018—  The families residing in the Zaytoon neighborhood of Ahwaz were attacked by agents of the Intelligence Department on Friday, March 16, 2018, and over 15 persons including three women were arrested and taken to an unknown location.

The agents did not hold any warrants for the arrests.

Maryam Zobaidi, 51, and her two sons, Benyamin, 28, and Mohammad Ali, 25, have been identified among those arrested.

Ahwaz is the capital of the oil-rich province of Khuzistan in southwestern Iran which has seen many angry protests against the regime in recent months