Iran orders asset seizures, arrests in security crackdown

Iranian authorities have ordered asset confiscations and carried out arrests as part of a wider crackdown on individuals accused of acting against national security, officials said.

In the western province of Hamedan, the prosecutor said orders had been issued to identify and confiscate the assets of 36 people accused of links with what he described as hostile actors, Iran International reports.

He added that similar measures had also been taken against 13 additional individuals, for whom criminal cases had been opened and were being reviewed in special judicial branches.

Separately, police in Hormozgan province said five people, including three men and two women, were arrested in connection with alleged contacts via social media with foreign-based media outlets.

By Vafa Guliyeva