TEHRAN – Justice Minister Alireza Avayi has voiced readiness to pursue the demand of Mahdi Karoubi, a former parliament speaker who had been under house arrest since the 2009 presidential unrest.

Days ago, Karoubi went on hunger strike to protest the presence of security forces in his home and demanded to be tried before an open court. He ended his hunger strike the following day. 

“Until this moment, neither the executive nor the judiciary has raised the issue so that I pursue the case,” ISNA quoted Avayi as saying on Friday.

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