Iran eases conditions of opposition leader’s house arrest

6 November 2017, 6:15 pm

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Iran has eased conditions for opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, who has been under house arrest since 2011, allowing him to receive visitors, according to one of his sons.

Mohammed Hossein Karroubi was speaking to ISNA and ILNA news agencies, which are close to the Iranian reformist camp.

“Since his release from hospital (in mid-August), members of his family, his children, his daughters-in-law and his grandchildren have been able to see him… at any time and without any problem,” he says.

Karroubi, who turned 80 in September, has also been allowed to receive political figures at home, after their names were cleared by the authorities, his son adds.

— AFP