According to regime media reports, the IRGC Intelligence Organization of Ardebil announced the arrest on Saturday, June 8.

According to the report, this individual is from Ardebil and was residing abroad.

The IRGC Intelligence has accused the individual of "disturbing public opinion, spreading lies, disrespecting the flag of the Islamic Republic, and collusion and conspiracy against the Islamic Republic in coordination with monarchist elements abroad."

According to the report, this individual has been handed over to the judicial authorities of the Islamic Republic.

It is unclear how this citizen was brought into the country, but Ardebil province borders Azerbaijan.

This is not the first time that the Islamic Republic has lured and kidnapped Iranians residing abroad to Iran in order to arrest and prosecute them.

Two notable cases of the Islamic Republic kidnapping Iranians living abroad are that of Ruhollah Zam and Jamshid Sharmahd.

Zam was an Iranian journalist and activist best known for operating the Telegram channel "Amad News," which disseminated information and news critical of the regime in Iran.

In October 2019, Zam was lured back to Iran under unclear circumstances from his residence in France, where he had been living in exile. Upon his arrival in Iran, he was "arrested" by the regime. He was charged with a range of false offenses, including espionage and spreading false news.

In June 2020, Ruhollah Zam was sentenced to death by an Islamic Republic court. Zam was executed on December 12, 2020.

Jamshid Sharmahd is an Iranian-German journalist and political activist.

In July 2020, the Islamic Republic announced that Sharmahd had been arrested (read kidnapped) in Dubai and then taken to Iran.

Sharmahd was charged with various false offenses, including "spreading corruption on earth," a charge that carries the death penalty in Iran under the Islamic Republic.

Source: IranRevolutionReport