Manoucher Kalini Nikruz, the only Jewish member of the Majlis, the Iranian Parliament, has been arrested and charged with “Moral turpitude” by the Islamic State Prosecutor for alleged “illicit sexual relations” with several young women and men employed in a clinic he heads, the English-language daily Teheran Times reported Friday.
Nikruz, a 40-year-old pharmacist, was elected to the Iranian legislative assembly two-and-a-half years ago to occupy the seat the Iranian Constitution reserves for a representative of the Jewish community. Despite parliamentary immunity, he is being detained in Teheran’s central prison, the newspaper report said. There was no confirmation from any other source.
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