Mawlawi Abdolhamid: The Ebrahim Raisi Government Has Wronged the Sunni Community and the Iranian People

Mawlawi Abdolhamid, the Sunni Friday prayer leader of Zahedan, said on Friday, June 15, 1403 (June 5, 2024): "We paid a heavy price to support the thirteenth government, but this government has wronged both the Sunni community and all the people of Iran." According to Halosh, Mawlawi Abdolhamid added: "Many in the Sunni community and the people of Iran opposed voting in 1400 (2021), but we said we would test the principlists one more time. However, during Ebrahim Raisi's government, many Sunni prayer houses were closed, and the document for the central Sunni prayer house in Tehran was illegally registered in the names of other individuals, leading to the suspension of prayers." He stated that "after the Mahsa incident, the bloody Friday of Zahedan occurred without any justification, which was very painful." He emphasized: "During the protests of the Iranian people and the actions taken against the protesters and detainees, the law was violated. All these were injustices committed against the Iranian people during the thirteenth government. We said to condemn the bloody Friday of Zahedan and win the hearts of the people, but they could not even do that." The Sunni Friday prayer leader of Zahedan referred to the presidential elections in July, reiterating that "the president in Iran cannot do anything." He stated that the prohibition of registration and participation of "women" and "Sunnis" for the presidency, as stated in Article 115 of the Constitution, does not comply with "Islamic Sharia and international laws," and for the past 45 years, three groups: "women," "Sunnis," and those qualified individuals who do not belong to a specific religious and political spectrum, have always been deprived of a significant right. The early elections for the fourteenth presidential term in Iran will be held on July 8 due to the death of Ebrahim Raisi, the president of the thirteenth government. The Guardian Council has only allowed six individuals to participate in these elections. Mawlawi Abdolhamid: The problems of the Iranian people have no historical precedent. Mawlawi Abdolhamid reacted to the death sentence of Tomaj Salehi: "Do not kill people for speaking." Mawlawi Abdolhamid criticized the structure of the government in Iran: The president cannot do anything. Mawlawi Abdolhamid's "medical" trip to Turkey; his official channel announced that the Sunni Friday prayer leader of Zahedan will return. Bilal Nasravi, a protesting Baluch singer, was killed with knife wounds in Zahedan. Mawlawi Abdolhamid called for an "impartial" investigation by the Iranian government into the murder case of Nika Shakeri.