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Tag : Mehdi Hajati

March 13, 2020

Several Detained, Summoned in Iran After Publicly Criticizing State’s COVID-19 Response

Members of civil society in Iran including a city councilman, soccer player, and journalists were detained or summoned for questioning after criticizing the Iranian government’s management of the country’s widening COVID-19 outbreak via postings on their social ...

December 29, 2019

These Women and Men Inspired Us All

A grieving mother who vowed to continue pursuing her slain son’s pursuit of freedom. A housewife who lost her life while trying to save a victim of state violence. A prisoner of conscience who ...

June 18, 2019

Prominent Iranian Activists Speak Out Against Councilman’s Imprisonment

Former Political Prisoners Condemn the Criminalization of Free Speech in Iran A group of prominent political and civil rights activists in Iran has issued a statement condemning the imprisonment of a councilman after he publicly denounced the arrests of ...

June 4, 2019

Shiraz City Councilman Begins Serving One-Year Prison Sentence for Advocating Religious Tolerance  

“A few hours ago agents came to our house and took away my husband Mehdi Hajati to enforce a one-year prison sentence,” Hajati’s wife Zohreh Rastegari tweeted on June 2, 2019. A member of the Shiraz City Council, ...

April 15, 2019

Second Iranian Councilman Persecuted for Speaking up for Baha’i Rights  

A member of the Isfahan City Council, Mehdi Moghaddari, has been suspended from his seat for six months in part for supporting a fellow councilman who had sought the ...

November 1, 2018

Mehdi Hajati Banned From Shiraz City Council For Seeking Release of Detained Baha’is

Shiraz City Council member Mehdi Hajati made national news in Iran after he was arrested for seeking the release of two Baha'is who were arrested for their faith, which is severely persecuted against in Iran. Hajati, 39, ...

October 2, 2018

Iranians Call For Freedom of Shiraz Councilman Who Tried to Secure Release of Detained Baha’is

Iranians have taken to social media to call for the freedom of Mehdi Hajati, a member of the Shiraz City Council who was arrested on September 27, 2018, two days after tweeting about his ...

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