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Iran arrests environmentalists amid supreme leader funeral preparations

7/5/2026

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Iranian security forces arrested environmentalists Houman Jokar, Sepideh Kashani and her sister Sima during funeral preparations.
President Masoud Pezeshkian urged all Iranians to attend the supreme leader’s funeral.
Lawyer Hojjat Kermani said the activists were detained at home and their devices seized.
Sepideh Kashani, of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, had protected Iran’s endangered Asiatic cheetahs for years.

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Iranian security forces arrested environmentalists Houman Jokar, Sepideh Kashani and her sister Sima during funeral preparations.
President Masoud Pezeshkian urged all Iranians to attend the supreme leader’s funeral.
Lawyer Hojjat Kermani said the activists were detained at home and their devices seized.
Sepideh Kashani, of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, had protected Iran’s endangered Asiatic cheetahs for years.