News Center_ Security pressures are escalating in Iran as authorities carry out a campaign of arrests targeting several family members of victims, a move that has raised fears of an campaign of arrests targeting targeting and restrictions on communication with human rights bodies.

Security forces in the city of Lahijan arrested Nozhat Mirardi, the mother of two protesters who were killed during protests in Iran, after she posted a video when her son Emad Shoush’s birthday, amid escalating security pressures in the city.

According to human rights reports, the arrest came after the video was circulated, in which Nozhat Mirardi addressed a message on the anniversary of her son's birthday. During the same days, the city witnessed widespread security tightening targeting the families of victims.

A group of families from Dadkhah in eastern Gilan had also planned to hold a gathering in Lahijan to celebrate the birthday of Human Sabaq, one of the victims of recent protests, but intelligence, security, and law enforcement agencies prevented the event from being held at his grave.

Sources indicate that Nozhat Mirardi's family lost two of her sons during the protests. Ali Shoush, a poet, theater actor, and musician from Lahijan, died during the 2022 popular uprising, while Emad Shoush was killed during the recent protests that began early this year, by direct fire from security forces during protests in the city.