Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi

<p>Fathi Mohammad Nagshbandi lives in Kishkur Sarbaz region and is a graduate of Islamic Sciences from Darul Uloom University of Karachi. He was arrested in 2012, when he was the Friday prayer imam of Rask, on the charge of "ordering the murder of Mostafa Jangizahi". He was arrested once again in 2023 after the arrest of his son.</p>

<coverage-outsourcing id='2666'> He was arrested on a farm in Rasak Village. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57861'> His son, Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi, was arrested at the entrance of Rask city while he was returning from Zahedan to follow up on the condition of his imprisoned father. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57862'> The first trial session for these inmates was held while televised confessions from some of them had already been broadcast on Press TV, the Islamic Republic's overseas network, and Hamoun Provincial network. In court, the defendants claimed that their confessions were made under extreme duress while they were being tortured, and they complained of not having been allowed the right to attorneys. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57863'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2013/hranews/1-15200/'> HRANA reported that after the third trial session, the prosecutor general of Zahedan threatened Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi and others in the case with execution. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57864'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2013/hranews/1-15264/'> HRANA reported that Soheila Sarzadeh, the wife of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi, and Abdolghafar Naghshbandi's mother, sent a letter to the international human rights community and the UN, expressing concern about the condition of Sunni Baluch prisoners and asking for their help to release him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2675'> Amir Naghshbandi, his son, stated in an interview that his father has two tumors in his stomach but that despite this, he is not being allowed medical leave from prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57865'> <reference source='http://bit.ly/3GyFvph'> HRANA wrote that Amin Naghshbandi, the other son of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi, has been summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence and threatened. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57866'> <reference source='http://bit.ly/40YhlN8'> HRANA reported that after the release of the audio files of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi and his son Abdolghafar Naghshbandi from Zahedan Central Prison, their phone privileges were restricted. In the audio files, Molavi Naghshbandi and his son Abdolghafar described the unfair procedure of their case and criticized the scenarios prepared by the Ministry of Intelligence to frame them. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23035'> According to HRANA, Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi and his son Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi refused to attend the trial that was supposed to be held for them inside the Zahedan Central Prison, and their lawyer also refused to participate in it, calling the holding of the court in the prison illegal. A source told HRANA: > The judge of Criminal Branch 105, named Judge Souri, planned to hold a trial in Zahedan Central Prison and summon Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi and Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi from the prison's quarantine ward, but these two prisoners refused. This source also said: > In addition to calling the court's order arbitrary, these two prisoners protested the illegality of holding the court in the prison, the absence of the lawyers of the case, the absence of any of the other 10 defendants in the case, and the absence of a plaintiff in the case. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57867'> <reference source='http://bit.ly/3o5DNFj'> HRANA reported that the judiciary authorities of the province informed Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi in prison that they have two more trials ahead. One trial is about destroying a vehicle and the other is about "murder". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57868'> <reference source='http://bit.ly/3UsOCxw'> According to HRANA, Fat'hi Mohammad Naghshbandi wrote a letter to the president of the Islamic Republic at the time (Rouhani) saying the security agencies have severely tortured his son and other defendants in the case to confess to crimes they didn't commit, but fortunately, they all denied their confessions at the trial at the first branch of the revolutionary court of Zahedan and said the confessions were taken under torture and terror and insult. Also, the parents of the two victims in the case, Jangi Zehi and Kouhsari, have informed the officials that they have no complaint against the defendants and they have identified the murderers of their loved ones as people other than the defendants." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23034'> According to HRANA, Malek Mohammad Abadian and his three children Javad, Hadi, and Abdollah (Foad) were pressured by the security officers to confess against Sunni networks. A source told HRANA: "On Saturday, May 17, when Malek Mohammad Abadian's family went to Zahedan Central Prison to visit him, Malek Mohammad informed them that he was be under extra pressure to confess against the networks and institutions that have defended him and Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi, but he has not accepted. He also added in this meeting: > My son Abdollah (Foad) was supposed to be released a few months ago according to the court order, but the agents of the Ministry of Intelligence made his release conditional on my cooperation and forced confession against Sunni networks and institutions. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23033'> According to HRANA, Malek Mohammad Abadian has faced a new case brought by the security agencies. One of his relatives told HRANA: "Not long ago, a teacher named Javad Nowruzi was shot dead in Sarbaz city. After more than a month, the Ministry of Intelligence arrested the son-in-law of Malek Mohammad Abadian, and the reason for this arrest is that the bullets are similar to the bullets used in the assassination of Mostafa Jangizahi. This arrest took place while Sedigh Deliri (Askani) was at his workplace when the murder took place. He also went on to say: > Malek Mohammad Abadian, who has been in prison for three years, has been accused of participating in the murder by the agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and the prosecutor of Zahedan. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23030'> HRANA reported that Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi has been denied phone calls since two weeks ago. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2670'> He was not allowed to make phone calls for two weeks. Prison authorities gave no explanation as to why this limitation was set on him. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8910'> He signed the statement of the political prisoners of Zahedan prison condemning the death sentence of Reyhaneh Jabari and acid attacks on the faces of women. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57869'> The court session with new charges against Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi and Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi was held. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2669'> He was transferred from Zahedan Central Prison to an unknown location. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57870'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2015/hranews/molavi/'> HRANA reported that the supreme court overturned the sentences of Fat'hi Mohammad Naghshbandi and others in the case. According to HRANA, the revolutionary court of Zahedan presided by Judge Mah Goli had sentenced Fat'hi Mohammad Naghshbandi to 15 years in prison and exile to Khalkhal, Abdolghafar Naghshbandi to 13 years in prison and exile to Ardebil, and Malek Mohammad ABadian, Javad Abadian, Jaber Abadian, and Nezamoddin Mollazadeh to death. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57871'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/nasirabad2/'> IRGC Intelligence agents raided Nasir Abad village in Sistan and Baluchistan province, arresting almost 30 young men on the charge of assassinating Mostafa Jangizehi. A few days later, it was reported that three of them have confessed to the assassination of Mostafa Jangizehi. Similar to the TV confessions made by Abdolghafar Naghshbandi, son of Fat'hi Mohammad Naghshbandi the Friday prayer Imam of Rask. In that case, Fat'hi Mohammad Naghshbandi and his son and Abadian family were also charged with the assassination of Mostafa Jagizehi. There were many contradictions and unfair trial procedures and legal violations as well. There was no evidence, weapons, or ammunition found, and some of the accusations seemed impossible due to the age of the accused. Some of the people accused in the new case were being monitored by the Intelligence Ministry and had to report to the ministry each month and therefore couldn't be responsible for some of the accusations. One of the accused, Abubakr Bahramzehi, was a Red Crescent aid worker, and according to his brother, not only he couldn't be involved in the "terrorist attack of Rais Abad police station and a few other attacks", but he helped the victims of those attacks as an aid worker. The defendants were initially accused of membership in Jeish Ul-Adl, a charge that later changed to "worse than Jeish Ul-Adl" and was later dropped completely. One IPA source said the Intelligence Ministry and IRGC Intelligence were at odds in this case. Four of those arrested, named Yousef, Zobeir, Akbar, and Naeim Bahramzehi were released without bail. There was no information on the other 12 until that point, namely Abdolsattar Bahramzehi, Amer Bahramzehi, Abubakr Mollazehi, Omid Bahramzehi, Edris Balidei, Amin Bahramzehi, Bashir Balidei, Davoud Bahramzehi, Mosayeb Vatankhah, Amin Raisi, and Najib Raisi. About six months later, the 12 were transferred from the Intelligence Ministry lockup to Zahedan Central Prison. A few days later, Omid and Amin Bahramzehi were exonerated and released without bail. For a long time after that, there was no news on the rest. They were severely tortured and kept in solitary, and their families were threatened constantly. They were also denied access to an attorney or communication with the outside world. They were under arrest in Zahedan prison for four years without indictment and were eventually released on bail. The judiciary never explained why these people who were deemed innocent and released by the judiciary, agreed to confess on camera and incriminate themselves and their families. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57872'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2015/hranews/a-335/'> Baluch Activists Campaign reported that Judge Shah Mohammadi at the 6th branch of investigation at the revolutionary court of Zahedan told Fat'hi Mohammad Naghshbandi and his son Abdolghafar that their case is now in his hands and it is going to be a "new process". He said there is no possibility of release on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2668'> He was released on bail of 5 billion tomans after being incarcerated for 1,130 days. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23028'> According to HRANA, Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi, who was recently released from prison, managed to meet his son Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi in Zahedan Central Prison after a two-week follow-up. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23027'> Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi was transferred to ward 4 of the Central Prison of Zahedan. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23026'> Nasrin Abadian, the daughter of Malek Mohammad Abadian, said in a conversation with the Baluch Activists Campaign: > Despite the reversal of my father's sentence in the Supreme Court of the country and the constant promises about my father's release given by the authorities, there is no news of his release. She added that the officers told her brother, who went to the Ministry of Intelligence to follow up on the situation of his family, that if they were to be released, they would ask for a deed worth 50 billion, which is beyond the family's ability to prepare and no one is willing to support them. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='22970'> Abdulghaffar Naghshbandi, the son of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi, was released after three years and five months of imprisonment on bail of five billion Rials. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='22971'> Malek Mohammad Abadian, Abdolhadi Abadian, Javad Abadian, Gol Mohammad Balidehi, Jaber Abadian, and Nezamoddin Molazadeh were summoned to a court in Zahedan presided over by Judge Mahgoli. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7927'> The Baluch Activists Campaign reported that a group of security and law enforcement officers entered Maulvi Naqshbandi's school and demanded to give a part of the school's land to a person claiming that land. According to this report, Maulvi Naghshbandi is one of the serious opponents of the plan to "organize Sunni schools". </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7924'> The Baluch Activists Campaign reported that he was prevented from continuing his medical trip in Khorasan and the Ministry of Intelligence made him promise not to return to Mashhad. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='23025'> Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi and his son Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi were summoned to Zahedan Revolutionary Court in a letter dated May 3rd, 2017. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57873'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2018/hranews/a-16370/'> According to HRANA, Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi, the son of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi, in his Friday prayer sermons, referring to the case of rape of girls in Iranshahr, demanded the release of Baluch singer Abdollah Bozorgzadeh and Emad Bijarzahi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57874'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/11629'> Abdolghafar Naghshbandi, his son, released a statement confirming the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar and demanded his public trial. He called it "the horrific crime of rape" and said he has listed to the young girl and her family. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57876'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/15924'> After he confirmed the rape of the teenage girl by the chief of police of Chabahar, people across Sistan and Baluchistan province came to the streets and demanded punishment for the culprit. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57878'> <reference source='http://bit.ly/43lELxn'> In response to the statement released online that was attributed to his father, Abdolghafar Naghshbandi posted his previous statement on Instagram once again. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57875'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/11635'> According to Baluch Activists Campaign, security forces asked his father Fat'hi Mohammad Naghshbandi to say only the judiciary authorities are qualified to offer an opinion in the case of the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar. According to the report, due to the pressure from security forces, Molavi Fat'hi Naghshbandi said the statement released by his son is against Sharia conventions. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57877'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/5240'> After the release of the statement by Abdolghafar Naghshbandi about the rape in Iranshahr, agents of the Intelligence Ministry and IRGC Intelligence visited his father Fat'hi Mohammad, and asked him to deny the statement made by his son. After hours of pressure and interrogation, the security forces tried to record some statements from him. Sources close to Mr. Naghshbandi's office said there is extreme pressure from the security forces to cover up the issue "at any cost". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57879'> <reference source='https://t.me/hranews/72690'> Beginning of protests across Sistan and Baluchistan province in response to the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57880'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/20265'> Abdolghafar Naghshbandi, his son, was summoned to the Mashhad Special Clergy Court after a phone call from the judiciary. While announcing this news, Rasanak wrote that the Special Clerical Court has asked Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi to attend this judicial authority on Monday, December 12, 2022. According to this report, in response to this type of summons, he asked the relevant officials to send him a written summons in accordance with the law. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57881'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/20396'> Fat'hi Mohammad Naghshbandi said in his Friday sermon that after his son's left his home to travel to Mashhad and appear at the special clerical court, he has not heard from him and his phones are off. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57882'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/12641'> Fat'hi Mohammad Naghshbandi once again in Friday's sermon said that since his son left for Mashhad to appear at the special clerical court, he has disappeared and his phone is off. He asked the authorities to announce whether they have him or not and "stop torturing us." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57884'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/10894'> Some media in Iran claimed that he has left Iran for a neighboring country. His office released a statement denying the news and calling it "another conspiracy against Molana Naghshbandi by the leader of the Islamic Republic, IRGC, and Intelligence Ministry." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57883'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/13374'> The security forces confiscated his Fat'hi Mohammad Naghshbandi's passport. Security authorities at the airport told him that he was barred from leaving the country. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57886'> <reference source='https://t.me/naghshbandi_hafez/1746'> Abdolghafar Naghshbandi's office released a statement condemning the pressure of security agencies on people close to him. His official channel on Telegram reported that over 15 of his close family members have been summoned, interrogated, and threatened, and over 50 worshippers have been kidnapped from his mosque with the excuse that they have been incited by Molana Naghshbandi to act against national security. They were forced to give video confessions and were released after signing a pledge. Also, four of his closest "friends and protectors" named "Adham Askani, Dadrahim Darafsheh, Morteza Nabat Zahi, and Aref Dehghani" were arrested for two months. They even "shaved Aref Dehghani's beard to humiliate him before releasing them." The statement goes on to say that IRGC and Intelligence Ministry have started to arrest his students and mentions Hossein Askani and Ahmad Damani as examples. They have also blocked all his bank accounts and accounts related to his charities and donations and have even gone after his father's farmland. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57887'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CsV6JGgMbEU/'> Abdul Ghaffar Naqshbandi posted a video on his Instagram in which he warned the Islamic Republic from a secret location to "stop using the language of force, oppression, and torture." He said: > From today, our path is struggle, not demand." "We are pulling our rights out of the throats of these religious impostors on the street floor with cries of entitlement. In this video message, he said to the people: > We have been hoping for a better tomorrow and invited you to vote for 44 years. For 44 years, we have said to obey the laws and regulations of this country, but through this law and corrupt system, we will never get our rights. Our path is the path of struggle, not demand. From this date onward, any Mullah, scholar, elder, or general who invites the people to silence is a traitor to the people. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57801'> <reference source='https://haalvsh.org/2023/08/20/%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%af%da%af%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%b1%db%8c-%d8%b3%db%8c%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%88-%d8%a8%d9%84%d9%88%da%86%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%b7%db%8c-%db%8c%da%a9-%d8%a7%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b9/'> According to Haalvsh report, Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi was summoned to the office of the leader's representative, Ministry of Intelligence, and the IRGC Intelligence and threatened with arrest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57808'> <reference source='https://haalvsh.org/2023/08/21/%d8%aa%d8%b4%d8%af%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%ac%d9%88-%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%86%db%8c%d8%aa%db%8c-%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1-%da%af%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%af%d9%87-%d9%86%db%8c%d8%b1%d9%88/'> According to his report, following the call for a protest rally against the arrest of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi, the military and security forces deployed at the entrances and exits of Rask County and set up checkpoints. Based on this report, the internet of the Rusk and Sarbaz areas has been severely disrupted. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57807'> <reference source='https://haalvsh.org/2023/08/20/%d9%81%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%af%d9%85%db%8c-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%b4%d9%87%d8%b1%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%a8%d9%84%d9%88%da%86%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%af/'> The Dadkhahan and Azadegan movement, which is managed by Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi, called on Baluch citizens to gather in front of the governorates of Sistan and Baluchistan province for a protest rally. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57797'> <reference source='https://shorturl.at/ktMS9'> He was arrested. Mizan, a news agency affiliated with Iran's Judiciary, wrote that the judiciary of Sistan and Baluchistan Province has stated that "unfortunately, Maulvi Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi, the Sunni Imam of Rask, has taken harsh, provocative positions in recent months, aligned with the opponents of the security and peace of the country, and in his Friday prayer sermons and in his meetings, he invited people to street riots with false and far from reality speeches, and in this regard, he was invited to appear in Zahedan and he was warned about some of the contents." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57806'> <reference source='https://haalvsh.org/2023/08/21/%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%87-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b6%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%af%d9%85%db%8c-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%ae%db%8c-%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d9%86%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b7-%d8%a8%d9%84/'> A group of people protested the arrest of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi by blocking the roads and writing slogans in various parts of Sistan and Baluchistan province, including Rask, Dashtiari, and Zahedan. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57809'> <reference source='https://haalvsh.org/2023/08/22/%d9%85%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%88%d9%85%db%8c%d8%aa-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b2%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b4%d8%aa-%d9%85%d9%88%d9%84%d9%88%db%8c-%d9%81%d8%aa%d8%ad%db%8c%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af-%d9%86%d9%82%d8%b4%d8%a8/'> According to Haalvsh report, the management and community of teachers of Makhzanul Uloom Khash Seminary issued a statement condemning the arrest of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi and demanded the release of him and other detained clerics, including Abdulmajid Moradzahi, Fazl al-Rahman Kouhi, and other political prisoners. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57812'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/15370'> According to the Baluch Activists Campaign, business owners and marketers of Rask city went on strike to protest the arrest of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57853'> <reference source='https://t.me/jda_jonbesh/300'> The Telegram channel of Jonbeshe Dadkhahan va Azadegan wrote that a person from the IRGC, on behalf of a person named "Hosseini", the commander of the IRGC in the south of Sistan-Balochistan province, said during a phone call with the director of public relations of Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi that "either keep silent and stop your activities or we will burn your father's beard off." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57798'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.info/777732'> During a conversation with the reporter of Radio Zamaneh, Abdolghafar Naghshbandi described the tortures he and his father Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi suffered in the 2012 case: > In the forced confessions, they did all kinds of torture and harassment to us, everything we had heard from the prisons of this regime, we felt them with our bodies; my father was old but they had no shame in humiliating and torturing him, they made other prisoners naked in front of us many times, we were tortured on the miracle bed, they hit us with cables; during the torture, I had convulsions many times. Sometimes I fainted while hanging from the ceiling and when I regained consciousness we found ourselves in the hospital. They didn't let us sleep, sometimes we barely slept for half an hour during a week, they put a rope around our neck and because we couldn't walk, they dragged us to the interrogation room. The person they called Haji Davoud was responsible for torturing us; I used to call out the name of God because of the pain, the torturers started insulting God, saying if there is a God, call on him to save you from us, they said that God is under our shoes. Abdulghafar Naghshbandi said about the way the case was closed in 2012: > Finally, we were not found guilty simply because of forced confessions in the Ministry of Intelligence, and we were acquitted and released due to the absence of any evidence of crime. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57800'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.info/777732'> In a conversation with Radio Zamaneh's reporter, Abdolghafar Naghshbandi said regarding the manner of his father's arrest: "In a telephone call, the forces of the Intelligence Department and the IRGC and Chabahar Oil Company officials informed Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi to come to Chabahar in order to unlock the fuel quotas for his family's cars. My father and my infant brother Mohammad Naghshbandi moved towards Chabahar, the intelligence forces of Sarbaz city followed them on the way to Borjak Nobandian base (not reaching Chabahar). The forces ambushed him in Borjak as soon as he arrived. They blocked the road and arrested him in front of his son with humiliation and insults. He further added: > The reason for his arrest was his opposition to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and this was also stated in the notice of the Zahedan judiciary, but they wrote that Maulvi Naghshbandi had seized other people's property. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57893'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.info/777732'> In a conversation with Radio Zamaneh's reporter regarding his televised confession about Mostafa Jangizahi's assassination, Abdolghafar Naghshbandi said: > All these tortures and sometimes bribery were only for you to admit that you took money from Saudi Arabia and Arab governments to assassinate Mostafa Jangizahi." They failed to get a confession from my father, but they injected me with certain things and forced me to make these confessions in front of the television against my will. Of course, I am very happy that those confessions were broadcast, because it exposed them, because all our lives were in front of everyone, and we had nothing hidden and suspicious in our lives, and those who knew us knew that these confessions do not match our lives. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57803'> <reference source='https://haalvsh.org/2023/08/30/%d8%a8%db%8c%d8%a7%d9%86%db%8c%d9%87-%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%87-%d9%85%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%b3%db%8c%d9%86-%d9%88%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%a8-%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%a9%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%b1/'> According to Haalvsh report, the community of teachers and students of Chabahar seminaries, which is managed under the supervision of Abdolrahman Molazahi, Friday Imam of Chabahar, reacted to the arrest of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi in a statement and called for his release. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57805'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/arnaghshbandi/status/1705636218275340555'> Abdolghafar Naghshbandi reported on the physical and mental torture of his father Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi on his X Network account and wrote: > He is being subjected to physical and mental torture again in the dungeons of the Zahedan Intelligence Department, where he and I were tortured for 4 years before. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57819'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/29145'> Rasanak reported that he is still under arrest and there is no information about his condition, and wrote that "after about three months, not only has he not had any contact or visit with his family, but the institution that detained him is also unknown." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57820'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/17656'> Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi said during an interview with Kalameh that he has not heard anything about the condition of his father Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi for four months and he will not remain silent in the face of these actions. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57822'> <reference source='https://t.me/naghshbandi_hafez/2044'> Security forces attacked his house in Rask. The official Telegram channel of Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi wrote about the security forces' attack on Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi's home: > The repressive forces of the regime at 2:30 today, Sunday, December 17, 2023, to the house of Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi, his father Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi, brothers, sisters and his father-in-law without presenting a court order and threatened to file a case against the family members. The forces of the regime, which numbered around 200 people, surrounded the streets around houses, schools, and mosques. In addition to the search of residential houses, the rooms of the seminary and the Ghasemi Mosque and its floors were also searched and they terrorized people. Only mothers and women were present in the Naghshbandi homes when the regime forces raided them without a judicial warrant and without the accompaniment of a female agent. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57821'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/16997'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, dozens of military forces attacked the house of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi in Rask without a court order. Based on this report, the military forces surrounded Mr. Naghshbandi's residence and did not allow citizens to commute. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57823'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/29965'> According to Rasanak, the Baluchistan People's Party issued a statement condemning the attack of the security forces on the house of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57825'> <reference source='https://t.me/naghshbandi_hafez/2055'> The official Telegram channel of Abdul Ghaffar Naghshbandi wrote about the attack of the military forces on the house of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi that the security forces only gave the women time to wear hijab, then they immediately collected all the mobile phones. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57826'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/30761'> According to Rasanak, in an open letter, the family of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi, while declaring ignorance of his situation, demanded the follow-up of international and human rights organizations regarding his situation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57828'> <reference source='https://t.me/jda_jonbesh/1688'> Telegram channel "Jonbeshe Dadkhahan ve Azadegan" which operates under the supervision of Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi, published the image and identity of the famous torturer of Zahedan Intelligence Department named "Haj Davoud". This channel has written in the introduction of "Haj Davoud" that he was one of the main culprits in the torture of hundreds of Baluch citizens and among the tortures he carried out to force a confession was "torture with cables and electric shocks and tying the prisoner to an iron bed and stripping many prisoners in front of other prisoners." The report has introduced his name as "Gholam Reza", born in 1968, a resident of Zahedan and a native of Zabol. Haalvash also wrote in a report that he is known as "Davoud Tanamo" among former political prisoners in the Detention Center of the Zahedan Intelligence Department. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57832'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/17988'> According to Baluch Activists' Campaign, after the speculations about the death of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi and the agitation of public opinion about it, the Hamrah internet operator has been completely cut off in some areas of Rask, Sarbaz, Khash, and Zahedan and disrupted in other areas. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57830'> <reference source='https://haalvsh.org/2024/02/05/%da%af%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%b4%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%a6%db%8c%d8%af-%d9%86%d8%b4%d8%af%d9%87-%d8%ad%d8%a7%da%a9%db%8c-%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%ae%d8%aa/'> After speculations about Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi's death in prison, Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi told Haalvsh reporter: > For six months, we have not heard anything about our father's condition, and we don't even know in which city and which security agency he is detained in." Referring to his previous experience in detention of the Zahedan Intelligence Department, Abdolghaffar Naghshbandi said about the news of his father's torture and death during the past six months: I know that he must have been tortured during his detention and due to his old age and the fact that the family is in complete dark about his situation, it is possible that he has passed away during the last six months. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57836'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/18953'> According to Haalvsh report, the citizens of Hasan Abad village of Rask county prevented the national anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran from being broadcast over the loudspeaker and the Islamic Revolution anniversary ceremony. Based on this report, the citizens of this village are angry about the lack of news about Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi and the published news about his death. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57839'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/31635'> According to Rasanak report, Abdolhamid Esmailzahi, Zahedan's Sunni Friday imam, in a part of his speech at the Sahih Bokhari (seminary) graduation ceremony in Zahedan, while expressing his satisfaction with the release of Abdolmajid Moradzahi, stated: > We expect that Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi and Fazel Rahman Kouhi and other scholars and teachers as well as political prisoners be released. The existence of scholars in any region is a source of security and good, and if they are out of prison instead of prison, they will contribute to the cohesion and security of the region. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57848'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/18984'> According to Haalvsh report, after the publication of unconfirmed news about the death of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi and six months without hearing about him, a group of trusted and influential people from Sarbaz and Rask cities went to Zahedan and followed up on his latest situation, but they didn't receive a response from the security institutions. They have returned to Sarbaz city without any contact or visit with Mr. Naghshbandi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57847'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/18033'> According to Baluch Activists Campaign, Mohammad Tayeb Naghshbandi, the son of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi, released a video about his father's condition in Zahedan Intelligence Department detention centers. In this video, he asked the judicial and security authorities to make it possible for his father to contact his family as soon as possible so that the family and the public are free from worry. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57849'> <reference source='https://t.me/naghshbandi_hafez/2079'> On his Telegram channel, Abdolghafar Naghshbandi published the picture of his father, Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi, in the Vakil Abad prison of Mashhad, meeting with some Baluch clerics and elders. According to this report, Hassan Sarkouhi, Mohammad Ayoub Naghshbandi, Mohammad Hossein Naghshbandi, and Mohammad Amin Naghshbandi met Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi in person. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57851'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/31952'> According to Rasanak, Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi made a brief phone call to his family after about six months of not being heard from. In this report, it is also mentioned that during the meeting with Mr. Naghshbandi in Vakil Abad prison of Mashhad, Mohammad Hossein Naghshbandi and Mohammad Amin Naghshbandi were denied visitation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57852'> <reference source='https://t.me/jda_jonbesh/1905'> According to the Telegram channel "Jonbesh Dadkhahan va Azadegan" which is managed by Abdolghafar Naghshbandi, the trial session of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi was held at the Special Clerical Court of Mashhad and the verdict was issued. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>