(MENAFN) A restriction of wildlife campaigners in the Islamic Republic has witnessed three more environmentalists detained by Tehran authorities, a conservative website has reported.
The three activists were detained at Bandar Lengheh in the southern Hormuzgan province on the Gulf coast.
"Members of the Association for the Protection of Nature in Lavardin were arrested by a security agency. The allegations against them are unknown," Tabnak website reported.
Eight members of the Persian Heritage Wildlife Association - Iran's most prominent nature NGO - were arrested in January on espionage charges.
Its founder Kavous Seyed Emami, 63, died in prison around two weeks later in suspicious circumstances. While authorities said he hanged himself in his cell, his family questioned the verdict and were then threatened by officials for challenging the official ruling.
The deputy head of the government's Environment Protection Organization, renowned water campaigner Kaveh Madani, was also detained briefly this month.
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