🔺Detention of four social media activists on alleged charges of producing “deviant content” and recommending buying gold and foreign currency

▪Fars News Agency reported the detention of four members of a group known as “Asmaa Academy.” In this report, recommendations to withdraw capital from banks and buy gold and foreign currency, along with the production of “superstitious and deviant” content, are cited as key charges in the case.

▪As reported by Fars, the group, by organizing bloggers and social media activists, operated through producing podcasts, publishing content, and selling educational courses.

▪The identities of the detainees, the time and place of the detentions, the authority handling the case, and the evidence of the charges are not specified in the report. Several other related individuals have also been summoned for investigations, but the reactions of the detainees or their lawyers are not included in the report.