IFP - Saeid Mortazavi, a former prosecutor convicted of complicity in the death of a prisoner, has been detained in northern Iran and transferred to jail.�



Iranian media reported on Sunday that the Law Enforcement arrested the notorious judge in a villa in Mazandaran province, northern Iran.

Mortazavi has been sentenced to two years in prison for complicity in the death of Mohsen Ruholamini, a prisoner in Kahrizak detention centre, following the 2009 post-election unrest in Iran.

The arrest came after several weeks of controversy over the Judiciary�s failure to catch him. Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei had earlier noted that a court verdict called for imprisoning Mortazavi for two years, but unfortunately his whereabouts was not known.

Following the remarks, activists printed wanted posters and decorated the city�s walls with them to find the former prosecutor. The reformist daily newspaper Ghanoon wrote last Monday that undoubtedly, the poster initiative was not to find him; it was rather a way to express the public demand for the arrest of Mortazavi in a sarcastic way.

�Perhaps the city-wide posters show people�s dissatisfaction with the judicial situation in Mortazavi�s case. The massive reaction to Saeed Mortazavi�s absence is a stern warning to the authorities because people have understood that sometimes some ones escape justice because of their former position.�

Ghanoon also warned that if the national warning is not heard, one cannot expect to have a democratic and, of course, Islamic society.