Mehdi Hajati

He was a member of Shiraz City Council. Mehdi Hajati was sentenced to prison due to his support for the rights of Baha’i citizens

• <coverage-outsourcing id='25156'> He published a tweet supporting the rights of two arrested Baha’i citizens. The picture of this tweet is in the evidence section </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25159'> He was arrested. Spent ten days in detention. After his release, he was barred for a few months from attending Shiraz City Council meetings. The courts sentenced him to a year in prison. According to some reports, including a tweet by Mehdi Parsaee MP, his arrest originally had to do with his opposition to expanding Shahcheraq Shrine which had been allocated a massive budget and has led to destruction of some of Shiraz’s traditional urban structure. In a speech, Ali Khamenei had requested priority to be given to this religious place in Shiraz </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25157'> A group of political prisoners published a letter in his support </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25158'> The judiciary’s order that barred him from meetings of Shiraz City Council was annulled and he returned to the council </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25155'> He was arrested in order to serve his prison term </coverage-outsourcing>