Abdolmajid Moradzahi

Abdolmajid Moradzahi lives in Zahedan. He is the manager of Farough Azam Publishing in Zahedan and Al-Morteza cultural research institute. He was arrested during the protests across Sistan and Balochistan province in response to the rape of a 15-year-old Baloch girl by the chief of police of Chabahar and the murder of Mahsa Amini.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='47177'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/yhfk3v5s'> IPA sources reported that the security forces arrested Abdolmajid Moradzahi in Zahedan. He was arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47178'> Intelligence Ministry agents transferred him from Zahedan to Mashhad. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47181'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/10171'> The Teachers' Society of Darol Oloum Makki in Zahedan expressed concern about the arrest of Abdolmajid Moradzahi and a number of Kurdish religious teachers and summons for clerics and political activists and asked for their release. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47183'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/10285'> Halvash reported that Abdolmajid Moradzahi has become the target of the Islamic Republic's anger due to his direct criticisms and verbal altercations with the representative of Ali Khamenei and a high-ranking security official at the office of Zahedan's Friday Prayer Imam Abdolhamid Esmailzahi. According to the report, during this session a high-ranking security official yelled at Abdolmajid, telling him: > Stop it Mr. Moradzahi. You don't have the right to make demands of the Islamic Republic. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47184'> According to an IPA source, a group of residents of Esmail Abad Khash organized a gathering to protest the arrest of Mr. Moradzahi. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47751'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/10677'> Halvash reported that the Intelligence Ministry office of Mashhad did not allow Mr. Moradzahi's family to visit him. According to the report, he is suffering heavily from heart and stomach problems. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48500'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/13802'> According to Baloch Activists Campaign, he is under torture. A source reported that he had a brief phone call with his mother and could barely speak due to the torture he had suffered. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48797'> An IPA source reported that a group of women have organized a protest gathering in Esmail Abad Khash to demand the release of political prisoners including Abdolmajid Moradzahi. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48991'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/11289'> Mr. Moradzahi has been under torture and in a solitary cell in the Mahshad Intelligence Ministry lockup for 41 days and his family is worried about his health. Halvash reported that he had asked his family for his personal Quran and the family sent it to him but the Intelligence Ministry agents refuse to give it to him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49465'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/11402'> Halvash reported that he had a brief phone call with his family but he was so sick that he couldn't recognize his own children. He asked them to pray for him and said if nothing else happens and I won't lose consciousness, I'll be able to tolerate prison. His family is very concerned for his health. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50412'> <reference source='https://haalvsh.org/2023/04/11/12608/'> According to Halvash, his family sent letters to international institutions and human rights organizations asking for help with his release and to hold Islamic Republic officials accountable for the violations of the rights of political prisoners. The letter states: > Abdolmajid Moradzehi is suffering from heart and stomach problems but unfortunately, he is denied of his basic human rights. He is under physical and psychological torture in solitary cells of the Intelligence Ministry and is being denied visitation. A few times that he was allowed to call the family, he could only talk for a couple of minutes and couldn't even recognize some members of the family. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50652'> <reference source='https://t.me/balochcampaign/14107'> He was allowed family visitation after 78 days. Baluch Activists Campaign reported that the meeting took place in an Intelligence Ministry lockup in Mashhad and he was in terrible health. A while back some military authorities threatened that if his son and brother don't stop their activities on social media, they will be arrested too. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50856'> <reference source='https://haalvsh.org/2023/05/01/12857/'> His brother Abdolsamad Moradzehi was summoned by the Intelligence Ministry in Khash. He was interrogated for two hours and was threatened with arrest. According to Halvash, the Intelligence Ministry agents arrested Abdolsamad Moradzehi for publicizing his brother's case on social media and organizing protests for his release. Halvash reported that recently, the security forces have started to arrest Baluch clerics close to Molavi Abdolhamid and teachers at Makki Mosque in order to pressure him to end his sermons that criticize the state. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52152'> <reference source='https://t.me/haalvsh/12736'> Through a letter published by Haalvsh, Moradzahi's family asked Sunni scholars, human rights organizations, and international institutions to work for the release of Abdolmajid Moradzahi. The letter states that Abdolmajid Moradzahi is under physical and mental torture in the solitary cell of the Ministry of Intelligence of Mashhad despite his old age and suffering from many diseases, and he has not been in contact with his family for about a month. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52153'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/yhfk3v5s'> Mohammad Saber Malek Raisi, a former political prisoner, said in an interview with IranWire that Abdolmajid Moradzahi was suffering from stomach and heart diseases and was denied access to a doctor and treatment during his detention. Mr. Malek Raisi told IranWire: > He has a brief phone call with his family almost once every three weeks, which is also strictly controlled, in such a way that if he says anything other than the usual words about his condition, the phone is immediately disconnected and they do not let him continue. Regarding the two short visits that Mr. Moradzahi had, Mohammad Saber Malik Raisi added: > These visits were held after two days of discussion and sitting in front of the special clerical court; and the request of the brother and son-in-law of Mr. Abdolmajid, who had traveled from Zahedan to Mashhad, to visit him have been denied several times by the security forces. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>