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Said Muganli accused of activity against Iranâ€™s statehood and national security

19 July 2011 12:59 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports quoting the sources in Iran that the investigative body accuses Muganli, who is kept in isolator of Tabriz city department of Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security, of the activity against Iranâ€™s statehood, national security and cooperation with organizations which struggle for the rights of Azerbaijanis whose activities were banned.

The report also says that the journalist made a telephone call with his family, met his lawyer only once, and has not problems in his health.

Muganli was detained on June 3 in the house of his parents in Yelsu village of Ardabil province by the officers of the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security. Muganliâ€™s house was searched and his computer, books and other things were seized.

Muganli was one of the persons who actively participated in enlightenment of Turks in Iran by translating literary written in Azerbaijani Turkic into the old alphabet. He attended the literary meetings in Baku in 2007-2008. After returning from Baku he was charged in activity which can damage Iranâ€™s statehood and was arrested by Iranian Ministry of Information and Security. A little later he was released on bail.