Arrest of Four Sunni Religious Activists by Iranian Security Agencies

Hengaw; Sunday, June 16, 2024

Four Sunni religious activists and scholars from the Ahnāf Seminary in Khaf County, Khorasan Razavi Province, named Molavi Shamseddin Motahhari, Molavi Golmohammad Mansouri, Molavi Hosseinahmad Shahidi, and Molavi Fazel Moradi, were arrested by the security agencies of the Islamic Republic of Iran while returning from Urmia.

According to a report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at least four teachers from the Ahnāf Seminary in Khaf County, named Molavi Shamseddin Motahhari (the director of the seminary), Molavi Golmohammad Mansouri, Molavi Hosseinahmad Shahidi, and Molavi Fazel Moradi, were arrested by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

According to the Global Kalemeh Network, which covers news related to Sunni Muslims in Iran, these four religious activists were arrested while returning from Urmia. 

As of the time this report was prepared, there is no precise information available regarding the reasons for the arrest, the charges brought against them, or the whereabouts of these four religious activists.