Armenian National Security Service officers are conducting searches  at the Mother Armenia party office and the home of a PAP MP in  Gyumri.

ArmInfo.  Armenian National Security Service officers and masked individuals have been conducting searches at the Mother Armenia party office at 20 Mashtots Street since early morning. Iveta Tonoyan, the press secretary of the Prosperous Armenia party, reported this on her Facebook page.

According to her, Mother Armenia party leader Andranik Tevanyan is  also at the party's office. 

"Investigative actions are underway at the party's office," Tonoyan  wrote.

Earlier in the morning, Mother Armenia party board member Aregnaz  Manukyan posted footage of the search taking place at the party's  office. She wrote that the search began at 7:00 a.m. "Mother Armenia  Party leader Andranik Tevanyan has been detained on the illegal order  of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan," Manukyan wrote.

The press service of the Sacred Struggle protest movement reported  that masked men also broke into the Gyumri home of Martun Grigoryan,  a member of parliament from the opposition "I Have the Honor" faction  and a candidate for the Prosperous Armenia Party, earlier this  morning. No further details have been released.

On May 21, the Investigative Committee of Armenia announced that a  criminal case had been opened against Andranik Tevanyan for "treason  and espionage." The Investigative Committee announced that it  received a report from the National Security Service of Armenia  alleging that Tevanyan was "recruited in 2024 on behalf of a  representative of foreign intelligence services, who was the director  of the Russia- Caucasus geopolitical center. He carried out espionage  and, for $622,000, illegally provided the latter with  Russian-translated information on the progress and results of  hearings held at a closed, secret session of the National Assembly in  April 2024, which contained state secrets." Tevanyan himself called  these allegations absurd, noting that he resigned his parliamentary  mandate in 2023, and therefore such allegations by the Investigative  Committee are baseless.

The day before the Investigative Committee of Armenia opened a  criminal case, on May 20, during a pre- election rally in Vanadzor,  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared Tevanyan a traitor  to the homeland. He added that on May 21, "the National Security  Service of Armenia will forward the criminal case to the  Investigative Committee, expecting that a criminal case will be  opened against Andranik Tevanyan for 'treason.'" The Armenian prime  minister then again promised to "completely and completely eradicate  the 'spy network' in Armenia."