 Also, Siavash Khoshnoodfard (Ali Akbar), author, researcher and social activist, was arrested following the Kazeroon protests on2018 May 16 , Wednesday and was arrested, tried and tortured again on 2018 October 8 on charges of disturbing public order and security against the regime.Interrogated.Iran's prison system was "centralized and drastically expanded" by the Islamic Republic.