In November 1360, at the peak of the repression of the opponents of the Islamic Republic, Vahid Lahoti, the son of Hassan Lahoti, was arrested by the order of Asadullah Lajordi. He contacted Lajordi several times and protested against the way he treated the members of the organization. He considered the reason for this to be to prevent the organization from being exposed to the regime. A few days later, Hasan Lahoti was also arrested by order of Lajurdi and transferred to Evin prison.
Saeed Bashirtash and Ibrahim Nabovi cited the reason for Lahoti’s arrest as he left the parliament together with Mehdi Bazargan and members of the Azadi Movement during the parliament’s vote on Bani Sadr’s disqualification. A few days later, the news of his death was announced due to a stroke. Lahoti’s family announced in an interview with the weekly newspaper “Sharvand” (No. 70) that according to the medical examiner’s report, there was strychnine poison in his stomach and he did not die a natural death. After issuing the arrest warrant, they went to Hassan Lahori’s house.
