Hosseini Ronaghi Meets Mawlawi Abdolhamid in Zahedan; Local Media Reports Summoning of Some Members of Makki Mosque

The news outlet "Hal-Vash" reported that Hosseini Ronaghi, a human rights activist, met with Mawlawi Abdolhamid at Makki Mosque in Zahedan and reported the summoning and threats against some members of Makki Mosque by the Ministry of Intelligence, as well as threats to Nowruz travelers. The website, which covers news from Sistan and Baluchestan province, added: "On Tuesday, April 6, 1403, Hosseini Ronaghi, a former political prisoner and human rights activist, visited Mawlawi Abdolhamid in Zahedan and was a guest for iftar at Makki Mosque." The media noted that on this day, security forces summoned and threatened three members of the welcoming committee at Makki Mosque, named Mawlawi "Abdolmalek Malekzadeh," Mawlawi "Mahdi Barahui," and Mawlawi "Nematollah Reigi," who were guiding Nowruz travelers. According to the report, several mobile phones of Nowruz guests were stolen by plainclothes individuals around Makki Mosque, and the windows of some travelers' vehicles were also broken by these so-called plainclothes forces. Hal-Vash states that Baluch activists believe that the actions of government plainclothes agents in stealing mobile phones and vehicles of Nowruz travelers and breaking car windows were aimed at creating fear and preventing people from attending Makki Mosque and meeting Mawlawi Abdolhamid. After the bloody Friday of Zahedan and the killing of over a hundred people by government forces on October 8, 1401, coinciding with nationwide protests in Iran, Mawlawi Abdolhamid's positions as the Sunni Friday prayer leader of Zahedan were welcomed by a large number of people, and his name emerged as one of the serious critics of the Islamic Republic. According to documents published in the fall of 1401, at the same time as security officials requested the arrest of Mawlawi Abdolhamid, Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, opposed this request and called for his "disgrace." Mawlawi Abdolhamid criticized the conduct of the trial of the defendants in the "bloody Friday of Zahedan"; the commanders and perpetrators from the IRGC and Basij were not held accountable. The problems in Sistan and Baluchestan are endless; an earthquake has come, and a new flood is on the way. Security forces prevented Mawlawi Abdolhamid from visiting flood-affected areas. The prison sentence for the filmmakers of Makki Mosque in Zahedan was confirmed. Mawlawi Abdolhamid stated: political murders and executions have not been able to dissuade people from their demands. A hearing session for Arsham Rezayi was held in Evin; Hosseini Ronaghi was released after being informed of the charges.