Fazlorahman Kouhi

<p>Fazlolrahman Kouhi is the Friday prayer Imam of Pashamag. He was arrested and sentenced to prison for objecting to the violent suppression of protests in November 2019.</p>

<p>He has always been critical of the Islamic Republic's participation in regional wars, violent and discriminatory internal policies of the Iranian government, and the distribution of weapons among the Baluch tribes by the IRGC. His arrest led to protests in several cities in Sistan and Baluchestan province, especially in Rask and Sarbaz, and some protesters were arrested and wounded. The province's internet and communications were also blocked for at least 20 days.</p> <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

<coverage-outsourcing id='58004'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/197'> According to the report of the Baloch Activists Campaign, during a meeting in Kishkur village of Sarbaz city, he strongly criticized sending poor Baluch youths to Syria. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58005'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/509'> According to Baluch Activists' Campaign, Fazlorahman Kouhi criticized the attack of security agents on the Rachdar Seminary Sarbaz. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58006'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/letters/a-309/'> According to HRANA, Mohammad Saber Malek Raisi, a prisoner who is serving a 15-year sentence in exile in Ardebil prison, has written an open letter to Sunni scholars including Abdolhamid Esmailzahi, Abdolrahman Molazahi, Fazlorahman Kouhi and other scholars of Baluchistan. In this letter, emphasizing his innocence and describing the tortures and injustices that have happened to him during this period, he considers religious discrimination in prison to be a violation of the law and stressing that he seeks justice, asks the Sunni scholars to make sure justice is done. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58007'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/2160'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, he reacted to the insult against Abu Musa Ash'ari, the Companion of the Prophet of Islam, in the Vatan newspaper. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58009'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/2227'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, he was summoned to the Special Clerical Court of Mashhad via a phone call. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32891'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2017/hranews/a-10336/'> He was arrested by the order of the Special Clerical Court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58010'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/2235'> According to Baluch Activists Campaign, a group of people in Sarbaz organized a protest rally in protest against his temporary arrest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58012'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/2258'> According to Baluch Activists Campaign, protest rallies against the arrest of Fazlorahman Kouhi continued for the second day. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58011'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/2255'> His companions were not allowed visitation. According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, the companions of Fazlorahman Kouhi went to the Special Clergy Court of Mashhad to visit him, but they were not allowed visitation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58014'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/2263'> The Baluch Activists Campaign wrote that Amin Askani, the deputy of Fazlorahman Kouhi, and Abdoljalil Naamani, the director of Sarbaz Qur'an Education School, were threatened with summons due to their support for Fazlorahman Kouhi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58013'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/2262'> According to the Baluch Activists Campaign, the businesses and the market of Sarbaz went on strike to protest his arrest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='36353'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2017/hranews/a-10336/'> Zahedan court announced that Mr. Kouhi's case will take its "legal course". He claimed that Many of Mr. Kouhi's sermons on Friday prayers "were topics taken from enemy and fanatic websites instead of promoting unification." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58015'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/2271'> According to the report of the campaign of Baluch activists, a group of people of IranShahr blocked the Sarbaz-Chabahar and Sarkur-Sarbaz transit roads. Also, a group consisting of dozens of cars gathered in front of the command of the Pashamag IRGC. Based on this report, another group of protestors gathered in front of the governorate of Rask and Kalat districts and demanded that the officials be held accountable. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58017'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/2317'> According to Baluch Activists Campaign, protests against his arrest continued in Sarbaz and Iranshahr. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58018'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/2356'> According to Baluch Activists Campaign, his arrest order was changed to a bail order of a billion Rials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='36354'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2017/hranews/a-10378/'> He was transferred from the Mashhad Intelligence Ministry lockup to their lockup in Zahedan. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58019'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/2376'> After 9 days, he was released on bail. While announcing this news, the Baluch Activists Campaign wrote that the agents of the Ministry of Intelligence took him to Sarbaz city with their car. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58021'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/2521'> According to the report of the Baloch Activists Campaign, he demanded to solve the problem of direct shooting at the citizens by the police and security forces in the Mosque of Kazour. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58022'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/2809'> According to the Baluch Activists Campaign, he once again criticized the blocking of the borders of Sistan and Baluchistan province and said that this issue exposes the livelihood concern of a large part of Baluchistan society. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58023'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/3342'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, he criticized the plan to change the population structure of the Baluchistan coast in his Friday prayer sermons. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58024'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/3440'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, the Friday Imams of Sarzab demanded the release of the detainees of Nasirabad village. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58025'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/3479'> According to Baluch Activists' Campaign, he criticized the torture of arrested protesters to obtain forced confessions. Based on this report, these people are under pressure to confess that Fazlorahman Kouhi ordered them to kill a Basij member named "Sajadi". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58026'> <reference source='https://t.me/radiozamaneh/20153'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, he criticized the suppression of the protesters in the countrywide protests by stating that "this uprising and demand for rights is the nation's right and the government has the duty to listen to the people." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58027'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/4842'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, during the Friday prayer ceremony, referring to the rape of girls in Iranshahr, while requesting an investigation, he demanded the release of Abdollah Bozorgzadeh. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58028'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/5996'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, in his Friday prayer sermons, he criticized the shooting of fuelers and said: > Fuelers are not smugglers. They are trying to make a living. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58029'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/6070'> The Baluch Activists Campaign wrote that in recent weeks and months, he has been summoned to the Intelligence office of Rask and questioned. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58030'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/1346'> According to Rasank, during the Friday prayer ceremony, he criticized the police officers who insulted the Baluch border crossers. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28432'> In the Eid Qorban (Eid al-Adha) ceremonies said that he had been threatened by an IRGC commander of “assassination and arrest.” </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58031'> <reference source='https://t.me/sunninews_net/301'> According to Sunni News, his website and official Telegram channel were hacked. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58032'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/1569'> According to Kalameh, during the Friday prayer ceremony of Pashmag, Fazlorahman Kouhi condemned the pressures against Kuh Van Seminary and announced: > We testify that Maulvi Amanollah is not guilty. Based on this report, he announced in this sermon that he participated in the hearing of Amanollah Baluchi's confessions held by the Ministry of Intelligence in Zahedan. According to him, in that meeting, which was attended by scholars, trustees, and elders of Sarbaz and Nikshahr cities, he said that Mr. Amanollah should swear on the Quran so that it is clear whether the confessions are due to torture or whether they are real. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28427'> <reference source='http://balochcampaign.us/%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%87-%d9%be%d8%b4%d8%a7%d9%85%da%af-%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d8%b7%d8%b1%d9%81%db%8c-%d9%85%db%8c-%da%af%d9%88%db%8c%d9%86%d8%af-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%b6/'> Abdolrahman Koohi, Pashamagh’s Friday prayer leader, condemned the repressive behavior of the Iranian government in a speech. “They say people have the right to protest but go on to repress them,” he said. After the petrol prices went up, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani had said: “High prices for petrol will not affect other commodities.” Mr. Koohi criticized the president and reminded him that an increase in fuel prices will directly affect many other prices. In the end, he had has asked legal organizations to intervene and follow up on the behavior of the Iranian government. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28428'> <reference source='http://balochcampaign.us/%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%b6%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%87-%d9%be%d8%b4%d8%a7%d9%85%da%af-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%af%da%af%d8%a7%d9%87-%d9%88%db%8c%da%98%d9%87-%d8%b1%d9%88/'> Maulavi Abdolrahman Koohi, Pashamagh’s Friday prayer leader, was called to Mashhad’s clerical court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28429'> Molavi Fazlolrahman Koohi was arrested after attending the court. Then he was transferred to the Mashhad IRGC Detention Center. Eight people were also arrested along with him. Molavi Abdol Rauf Dashti, Habibollah Askani Oliya, Mohammad Noor Askani, Khaled Rasouli Zadeh, Abdol Aziz Shirouzhi, Hafez Asghar Kouhi, Abdol Arbabi, and Hafez Hasan were the companions arrested along with Molavi Kouhi. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28430'> <reference source='http://balochcampaign.us/%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%b6%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b2%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b4%d8%aa-%db%8c%da%a9-%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%86%db%8c-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%af-%da%af%d8%b1%d8%a7/'> A number of people in the region closed down the border road of the city of Sarbaz to protest Maulavi Koohi’s arrest. The protesters had asked for the unconditional release of Abdolrahman Koohi. When the protest broke out, Mr. Koohi called from his detention house to ask for an end to them. They went on for a few days and the Iranian government shut off the local internet to stop the news from spreading. Some were wounded and arrested in the protests </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58033'> <reference source='https://t.me/sunninews_net/686'> According to Sunny News, he made a phone call to his family and said that his release date was not clear and he was unaware of the condition of his companions. Based on this report, he was transferred from his place of detention after this call. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58034'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/6492'> After 17 days, the internet in Sistan and Baluchistan province is still disconnected. While announcing this news about the reason why the internet was disconnected in Sistan and Baluchistan province, the newspaper "Mardom Salari" wrote: > The internet not being connected may indicate that the level of violence (protests) was high in this province. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58035'> <reference source='https://t.me/hranews/39920'> Some of his relatives, including his nephew, were summoned to Rask's intelligence agency and were interrogated and threatened. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58036'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/6537'> Several lecturers from the Kouh Van Seminary were summoned to the Intelligence office of Rask city after supporting Fazlorahman Kouhi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28431'> <reference source='http://balochcampaign.us/%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%af%d9%88%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%87-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%b3%d9%87-%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/'> A number of shopkeepers in the city of Sarbaz stopped work to protest his continued arrest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58037'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/6572'> The Baluch Activists Campaign published the news of his continued arrest and wrote that there is no information about the fate of the eight people who were just traveling with Mr. Kouhi and were arrested with him. Abdolrauf Dashti, Habibollah Askani Oliya, Mohammad Noor Askani, Khaled Rasouli Zadeh, Abdol Aziz Shirouzhi, Hafez Asghar Kouhi, Abdol Arbabi, and Hafez Hasan were the companions arrested along with him </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28434'> <reference source='http://balochcampaign.us/%d9%85%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%aa-%da%a9%d9%88%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%87-%d9%85%d8%af%d8%aa-%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d9%85%d9%88%d9%84%d9%88%db%8c-%da%a9%d9%88%d9%87%db%8c-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%ad%d8%b6%d9%88%d8%b1-%d9%85/'> Faqir Mohammad Koohi, his brother, met Maulavi Koohi in a Mashhad detention house. The meeting was under the supervision of IRGC forces and came with limits. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28433'> <reference source='http://balochcampaign.us/%d8%a8%db%8c%d8%a7%d9%86%db%8c%d9%87%e2%80%8c%db%8c-%da%a9%d8%a7%da%a9-%d8%ad%d8%b3%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%85%db%8c%d9%86%db%8c-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b6-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%a8%d8%a7/'> Kak Hassan Amini, a well-known Sunni cleric in Kurdistan, condemned the arrest of Maulavi Koohi and asked the Iranian government to release him as soon as possible. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58038'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/6726'> According to Baluch Activists' Campaign, Fazlorahman Kouhi and Asghar Kouhi have not been in contact with their family for a long time, and the authorities are not responding to the calls of their family and relatives. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58039'> <reference source='https://t.me/sunninews_net/2731'> According to Sunny News, Faghir Mohammad Kouhi, brother of Fazlorahman Kouhi, met him in Mashhad Intelligence Detention Center. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58040'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/6829'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, Abdol Ghafar Naghshbandi and Mohammad Amin Askani, two scholars of Sarbaz city, emphasized the innocence of Fazlorahman Kouhi, and demanded his release. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31924'> <reference source='http://balochcampaign.us/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%DA%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86/'> On Eid-Al-Adha, several Sunni clerics in Sistan and Baluchestan province, including the Friday-prayer imams of Rask, Khash, Baftan, and the Sunni author and translator Molavi Hanif Hossein Zehi criticized the arrest of Molavi Fazlolrahman Kouhi and demanded his release. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32893'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/34jlBLb'> According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, the former Friday-payer Imam of Pishamag Fazlolrahman Kouhi was sentenced by the special clerical court of Mashhad to six years and four months in prison. It seems he was sentenced to prison for criticizing the Islamic Republic state. Since we have no access to the details of his case, IPA has documented five years of enforceable prison for him after applying article 134. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32975'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/2F5WtyI'> According to the Baluch Activists Campaign, some of the Sunni clerics objected to the prison sentence of Molavvi Fazolrahman Kouhi and demanded its reversal. Molavi Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi the Friday-prayer Imam of Rask, Hafez Abdolrahim Rasoulizadeh from Iranshahr, Molavi Abdolrashid Shahbakhsh from Zabol, Molavi Abdulaziz Mollazehi and Molavi Khodabakhsh Eslamdoust objected to the prison sentence and demanded his release. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='33346'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/2HYujY8'> According to Baloch Activists Campaign, Abdollah Oskani, the niece of Molavi Fazlolrahman Kouhi was arrested without a warrant in Chabahar. Abdollah Oskani is a civil rights activist and philanthropist in Balochestan and has over 100 thousand followers on Instagram. He has repeatedly demanded the release of Molavi Kouhi on his Instagram page. His page has become inactive since his arrest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58076'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/7360'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists' Campaign, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence summoned and interrogated one of Fazlorahman Kouhi's relatives, Aref Askani, and threatened him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='33763'> <reference source='https://preservehumanrights.org/2020/12/iophrs-statement-regarding-the-continuing-and-unacceptable-violation-of-the-rights-of-iranian-sunni-citizens-and-the-demand-for-the-immediate-release-of-maulana-fazlur-rehman-koohi/'> International Organization to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) released a statement pointing out the violations of the human rights of Sunni citizens in Iran and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Molana Fazlolrahman Kouhi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58078'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/7527'> According to Baluch Activists' Campaign, Fazalorahman Kouhi was denied leave despite providing 20 billion Rials bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58081'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/7002'> According to Rasanak, following the pressure on the relatives of Fazlorahman Kouhi, Akram Kouhi, the interim Imam of Pashamag, was summoned to Rask's intelligence office and was interrogated. After the arrest of Mr. Kouhi, the pressure on his relatives and the staff of Anwar al-Haramein Seminary in Pashamag increased, and several of his relatives, including; Abdolrauf Dashti, interim Friday imam of Jakigur, Amin Askani, internal manager of Anwar al-Haramein Pashamag Seminary, Abed Paydar, Abdolmajed Darghaleh and Aref Askani, who are young soldiers and his relatives, have been summoned and interrogated and threatened. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58083'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/7832'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, the special clerical court has announced that his leave is conditional on renting a house in Mashhad. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58084'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/8199'> According to the report of the campaign of Baluch activists, the bank accounts of Anwar al-Haramein in Pashamag, Fazlorahman Kouhi, and Akram Kouhi seminary were closed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58085'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/8240'> Officials of Vakil Abad prison in Mashhad prevented Mr. Kouhi from calling his family. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='36069'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-30378/'> He went on furlough from Mashhad Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58087'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/8463'> According to Baluch Activists Campaign, before the end of his leave, he was summoned to the Special Clergy Court in Mashhad. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58088'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/8501'> According to Baluch Activists Campaign, Mr. Kouhi, who was going to Mashhad at the end of his leave, returned through Zahedan Road due to the extension of his leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58090'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/8532'> He returned to the Central Prison of Mashhad at the end of his leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='36351'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-31068/'> He went on leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58093'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/10018'> He announced that he has been banned from giving sermons. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58095'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/8926'> According to the report of Baluch Activists Campaign, he was sent to medical quarantine in Mashhad prison after contracting COIVD19. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58096'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/10334'> He went on medical leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58097'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/8972'> According to the Baluch Activists' Campaign, he was transferred to Zahedan due to his bad physical condition after contracting the coronavirus. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='36872'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/9064'> He returned to prison at the end of his medical leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='36994'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/9149'> Went on his fourth furlough since his arrest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='37031'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CU22B2FooDp/'> He returned to Vakil Abad prison at the end of his leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='37206'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/9278'> He went on medical leave for two days and he is only allowed to see a doctor in Mashhad. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='37267'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CVgIRB1oUdl/'> He returned to prison at the end of his leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='38055'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/9740'> In a phone call with his family, he said Judge Zarandi of the special clerical court is denying his furlough. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58104'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/10018'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, after being granted a one-week leave from Mashhad prison, he left for Sistan-Baluchistan province. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58106'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/10051'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, Mohammad Amin Askani, the internal manager of Anwar al-Haramein Seminary in Pashamag, was summoned to the special clerical court and Fazel Rahman Kouhi was arrested due to critical positions. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58108'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/12794'> He returned to Prison in Mashhad. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58113'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/10157'> The Baluch Activists Campaign wrote that the special prosecutor for the clergy of Mashhad did not agree to his conditional release. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='38687'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3iwvKvv'> He went on leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='38762'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3DuBT4K'> He returned to prison at the end of his leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='39215'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/3027'> According to Halvash, he was convicted in a new case for "agitating the public's mind" and was sentenced to 30 lashes. His speech at a seminary while on furlough was used as the basis for the charge. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58119'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/14022'> According to Rasanak, his sentence of 30 lashes was reversed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58121'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/10623'> According to Baluch Activists Campaign, his phone card was disconnected by the prison authorities and he was not allowed to use the phone. According to this report, the lack of information about Mr. Kouhi's condition has caused concern and anxiety for his family. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58120'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/10623'> The Baluch Activists Campaign wrote that the media close to the government, citing Mr. Mohami, Ali Khamenei's representative in Sistan and Baluchistan province, published news about the cancellation of his lashing sentence under "Islamic forgiveness and generosity", but this news has not been confirmed by Mr. Kouhi and his relatives. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='39942'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3myYo0T'> He went on a furlough for 10 days from Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='40117'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/10913'> According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, he was summoned to the special clerical court with a phone call. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='41571'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/11469'> According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, despite serving a third of his sentence, His request for release on parole was denied and he is still in Vakil Abad Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='42302'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/11511'> According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, he went on furlough and returned to prison at the end of it. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='42664'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/11779'> Fazlolrahman Kouhi has been denied phone calls with family. According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, Hafez Akram Kouhi, the Friday prayer Imam of Pashamag reported that "it's been weeks since Mr. Kouhi was denied phone calls with his family." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='43357'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3TBgXzL'> Mr. Kouhi went on a hunger strike. Halvash reported that an audio file of Mr. Kouhi was sent to them in which he says he will continue his hunger strike until he is released on parole and the ban on his religious activities is lifted. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='43478'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3EiZC8Q'> According to Rasank, on the fifth day of his hunger strike, he was sent on a six-day leave from Vakil Abad prison in Mashhad. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='43979'> A source told IPA that while the judicial authorities had announced the extension of his leave and approval of parole, he was summoned back to prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='46405'> According to an IPA source, he was sent on a 7-day leave. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='49407'> According to an IPA source, He was sent on a 10-day leave. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52688'> <reference source='https://haalvsh.org/2023/06/17/13543/'> He was sent on a 14-day leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58123'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/14124'> He was sent on a 7-day leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57814'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/15991'> According to Baluch Activists' Campaign, a number of citizens set fire to tires and blocked the roads in protest against the arrest of Fazlorahman Kouhi and the continued arrest of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57816'> <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, the management and faculty of Makhzanul Uloom Seminary in Khash issued a statement condemning the arrest of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi and demanding the release of him and other arrested clerics, including Abdol Majid Moradzahi, Fazlorahman Kouhi, and other political prisoners. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58124'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/26820'> According to Rasank, during a phone call, he was informed of the agreement to be released on parole. He was previously sent on leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58125'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/27956'> According to Rasank, Fazlorahman Kouhi and a number of other Sunni clerics from Rask and Sarbaz cities were prevented from entering Zahedan. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58126'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/16283'> According to a Haalvsh report, he condemned the attack of the military forces on the Zahedan worshipers and compared it to "the cruelty of Israel against people of Palestine." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58240'> <reference source='https://t.me/molana_kohi/1755'> Fazalorahman Kouhi's office called the report of "Tasnim News Agency" about his arrest false. In the statement of Mr. Kouhi's office, it is stated that "In a false report and against the principles of reporting, Tasnim news agency, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, attributed baseless and untrue things to this prominent Iranian Sunni figure. In its report, this affiliated news agency made a case and tied the religious activities of Mr. Fazlorahman Kouhi to the opposition movements against the Islamic Republic, and as usual, they did not provide any documents and proofs for this claim. Therefore, their claims are baseless." The statement continues: > Tasnim news agency, quoting the prosecutor of Mashhad, stated that the release of Mr. Fazlorahman was the result of the mediation of the elders of Sistan and Baluchistan because he was released before the end of his sentence, while Mr. Fazlolrahman was released in accordance with the law after serving a third of his sentence. He was released on parole and even that was done with a one-year delay. Of course, the good prayers of the Iranian nation have always been with this religious and social figure. Fazlorahman Kouhi's office has also written in this announcement that "Tasnim News Agency has reported on Fazlorahman Kouhi's "written pledge" in its report, while he himself repeatedly emphasized after his release that there is no pledge to remain silent regarding the demands and the trampled rights of the people of Iran, and said that if I had agreed to such pledge, I would have been released at the very beginning." The statement emphasized that "Tasnim news agency wrote in its report about the kindness of the authorities to Mr. Fazlorahman, and that he broke the norms after his release. It seems that this media and its masters expected Mr. Fazlorahman Kouhi to remain silent after the crime that took place in Zahedan's Friday prayer, the destruction of the Sunni prayer hall in Tehran, the massive arrest of the people of Zahedan, and the imposition of restrictions on prominent scholars, but this was not and is not the intention of this prominent figure. He considers the demands of the Iranian people as his primary religious, moral, and Sharia duty and he will not remain silent in the face of any oppression. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58239'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/4bmqALY'> The Special Clerical Prosecutor's Office of Mashhad stated that the reason for Mr. Kouhi's arrest was "breaking the norm" and synchronizing with "hostile movements". In a report published by Mehr citing the special clerical court of the Mashhad, it is stated that "unfortunately, the aforementioned person paid little attention to the kindness and generosity of the system toward him, and again, his anti-unity and norm-breaking stances are in line with the enemy movements who always seeks to create mayhem and deprive the people of Sistan and Baluchistan's of mental and social well-being. He was arrested and transferred to Mashhad by the order of the judicial system in order to continue the legal process of conviction." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58238'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/15988'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, after meeting with Abdolhamid Esmailzahi, the Sunni Friday prayer Imam of Zahedan, he was arrested by the forces of the Ministry of Intelligence at the exit of Zahedan city towards Khash. The Baluch Activists Campaign also wrote that four citizens who were companions of Fazlorahman Kouhi were also arrested. Based on this news, these people were identified as Akram Kouhi, Asghar Kouhi, Yasin Askani, and Habibollah Kouhi. The campaign announced in another news that these people were released in the evening of the same day. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58243'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/16017'> According to Baluch Activists' Campaign, a number of citizens in Zahedan created night blockades by burning tires in protest against the re-arrest of Fazlorahman Kouhi and the continued arrest of Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58245'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/16119'> According to the report of the Baluch Activists Campaign, Mohammad Akram Kuohi reacted to the arrest of his father Fazalolrahman Kouhi by the military forces in his Friday prayer sermons and said, "You only zoomed in on the words of my father, who said that the attack by the security forces against the people of Zahedan is similar to Israel's cruelty toward the people of Gaza." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58246'> <reference source='https://haalvsh.org/2024/01/01/%d8%b5%d8%af%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%ad%da%a9%d9%85-%d9%be%d9%86%d8%ac-%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%aa%d8%a8%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%db%8c-%d9%85%d9%88%d9%84%d9%88%db%8c-%d9%81%d8%b6%d9%84/'> He was sentenced to five years of exile in Shahrekord by the Clergy Court of Mashhad. While announcing this news, Haalvsh wrote that he is currently being held in the political ward of Vakil Abad prison in Mashhad. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58247'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/17315'> Mohammad Akram Kouhi, Friday Imam of Pashamag, criticized Fazlorahman Kouhi's five-year exile sentence and considered it against freedom of expression. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='57837'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/31635'> According to Rasank, Abdolhamid Esmailzahi, the Sunni Friday Prayer Imam of Zahedan, in a part of his speech at the graduation ceremony (seminary graduates) in Darol Uloom Zahedan, while expressing his satisfaction with the release of Abdol Majid Moradzahi, said: > Our expectation is that Molana Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi and Molana Fazalolrahman Kouhi and other scholars and teachers, as well as political prisoners, should be released. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58248'> <reference source='https://t.me/rasanknews/31927'> According to Rasank, Mohammad Akram Kouhi said during the Friday prayer ceremony of Pashamag village: > Molavi Fazlolrahman Kouhi has been in prison for more than four months and there is no news about his condition so far. Although the city officials have said they are following up and resolving the issue and have promised to meet with his family, there has been no meeting so far. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58249'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/18297'> According to the Baluch Activists' Campaign, 128 days after his arrest, Fazloahman Kouhi is still denied phone calls and Family visits. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58250'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/19419'> According to Baluch Activists Campaign, Nouh Kouhi, the son of Fazlolrahman Kouhi, was arrested after being summoned to the IRGC Intelligence of the Rask. In March 2024, Hafez Nouh Kouhi, unaware of his father's condition and fate, had requested his release and permission to contact and visit him in a video. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58254'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/19876'> The Baluch Activists Campaign wrote that some of the detained students of Anwar al-Haramein Seminary in Pashamag are children and under 18 years old. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58251'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/19867'> According to the Baluch Activists' Campaign, military forces raided the Anwar al-Haramein Seminary and the house of Fazlolrahman Kouhi in Pashamag village of Rask city, arrested eight students of the seminary, confiscated the mobile phones of Mr. Kouhi's family and the car of Mohammad Akram Kouhi. The campaign of Baluch activists wrote, quoting a source: > After breaking the windows and doors of Mr. Kouhi's house, entering without a court order and creating terror among women and children, the military forces confiscated his family's mobile phones." Based on this report, the military forces stormed the Mosque and the seminary, broke the glass doors and windows, and in addition to arresting eight students, disrespected the Quran and other religious books and threw them to the ground. The Baluch Activists' Campaign has announced the identity of these eight students as "Abdol-Ahad", "Hadi", "Oveis", "Rafiollah", "Valid", "Zahed", "Saeed" and "Mohebollah (all surnames are unknown). </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58253'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/19868'> The Baluch Activists Campaign published pictures of the raid of the military forces on the residential house of Fazlolrahman Kouhi and Anwar al-Harameen seminary in Pashamag, Rask city. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='58252'> <reference source='https://t.me/radiofarda/124590'> The Quds base of the IRGC's South-East Ground Force announced the arrest of "several people" whom it identified as "providers and supporters of the recent terrorist operations" in Sistan and Baluchistan province. While announcing this news, Radio Farda wrote, "In the reports of Islamic Republic's news agencies, including IRNA, which was published quoting the announcement of this base on Saturday, May 4, the number of detainees was not mentioned, but it was stated that these people were in the Anwar al-Haramein seminary." They were arrested in the village of Pashamag near Rask. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>