TEHRAN Ali Asghar Gharavi was arrested in Isfahan in central Iran during weekly Friday prayers at the home of his father, prominent Ayatollah Mohammad Javad Gharavi, AFP quoted a statement issued on Sunday by the Freedom Movement of Iran. The FMI said he was arrested under a warrant issued by a court which deals with criminal offences committed by clerics, but it did not give any reasons for the arrest.

The movement is currently headed by Ebrahim Yazdi, a former foreign minister.