According to the information, on the morning of December 5, Iranian security agents raided Rouzbeh Sohani’s home and then arrested him and took him to an unknown location. Two hours later, Aida Amidi is also said to have been attacked in the same way.
Swedish PEN writes that the information has been published on Telegram by Iran’s Writers’ Union, where both poets are board members.
Swedish PEN board member Parvin Ardalan had contact with Aida Amidi the day before she was arrested, but has no information on her current whereabouts.
In October, Amini participated via link in a conversation about censorship in Iran, which took place at the Dawit Isaak Library in Malmö. A number of her poems were also read out on Dramaten’s big stage in Stockholm at the program “Kvinna, liv, frihet” on 22 October.