General Rahimi was arrested on February 12th, 1979. Based on the communiqué, the defendant was arrested by “Islamic armed forces.” The newspaper Etela’at (Februray 12, 1979, p.3), interviewed the general about his arrest. General Mehdi Rahimi : “I was walking in Sepah circle, several individuals assaulted me and arrested me and brought me here. They also ill treated me a bit and beat me, but it doesn’t matter, they were young.”
The Ayandegan report mentioned that the Extraordinary Islamic Revolutionary Tribunal held a session at Alavi High School # 2 [Refah], which lasted for 10 hours. Based on the report, this Extraordinary Tribunal was ordered to form two days before it took session at the high school. General Naji and the other defendants were said to be the first group of “criminals” tried after the victory of the Revolution four days earlier.
