On Saturday, June 8, 2024, intelligence officers in Zahedan raided the home of Molavi Besmellah Khoghyani, the imam of Siddiqi Mosque in Karimabad, Zahedan, and arrested him.
According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, there is still no information available about the reasons for his arrest, the charges against him, or his place of detention.
A source stated that the intelligence officers arrested Molavi Khoghyani without presenting a judicial warrant or informing him of the charges.
Molavi Besmellah Khoghyani had previously been arrested by IRGC intelligence officers in Zahedan on February 16, 2023.
The arrest of Sunni clerics in Iran has increased in recent months.
It is important to note that the allegations against Molavi Khoghyani have not been proven by any impartial body, and he is still in the preliminary stages of legal proceedings. It is the right of all defendants, including Molavi Khoghyani, to be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a fair and impartial court.