Iranian Bitcoin advocate Ziya Sadr was arrested by security forces in Tehran last month and remains detained, friends told CoinDesk. elitanjourno reports
Bitcoin content into Farsi and promoted privacy-focused ways to use Bitcoin personal transactions.
Sadr is currently being held in Fashafouyeh Prison and remains in contact with his family and close friends, according to Yazdanmehr. Sadr is just one of thousands of Iranian citizens and activists to be detained by the Iranian government in the weeks following the protests. It is not known if the Iranian government’s interest in Sadr is related to his Bitcoin advocacy.Sadr was set to be released on bail Sunday, but mass arrests from the protests have caused bail requests across Iran to be delayed, according to Yazdanmerh.This is a developing story.
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