Since Background Briefing’s November investigation into surveillance of the Iranian diaspora in Australia, it’s received reports of harsh consequences for those who attend anti-government protests, and for their relatives.
Massoud has been lending support for the uprising in Iran by attending anti-government protests in Australia.
In November, he told Background Briefing that informants were attending Australian protests and reporting back to the regime. Protesters' relatives in Iran were then questioned or targeted by officials. He recalled how his mother had supported him throughout his activism, which had previously landed him in Evin Prison, the same place to where she had now been taken."When I was released after my arrests, every time she supported me, she said she was proud of me. Although she was fully aware that it is dangerous, very dangerous, in Iran to be an activist, she never stopped me."She'll face court in a month.
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