Mohammad Hossein Hosseini was arrested on October 8, 2022, and held for 13 days in the custody of the Ministry of Intelligence, the Iranian regime’s main intelligence body. He was then transferred to Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad and released on bail on January 31, 2023. Since that year, he has been repeatedly summoned by intelligence agents and subjected to repeated torture. On April 9, 2025, Intelligence Organization agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) raided his home and arrested him again. He was held for one week in intelligence detention before being transferred to Vakilabad Prison, where he remained for 45 days and was this time released on a written pledge. Most recently, on the seventh day marking the death anniversary of Khosrow Alikordi, he was detained for several hours.
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He was also present during the January protests this year in the Vakilabad and Khayyam areas of Mashhad. On January 13, around 12 p.m., seven or eight agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided his home and arrested him. Three of his mobile phones and his wristbands were confiscated, and their whereabouts remain unknown. He was tortured while in intelligence custody and was allowed to make one phone call that same night. After two days, he was transferred to Vakilabad Prison. Upon arrival at the prison, he contacted his family. On Monday, February 2, he was again transferred from Vakilabad Prison to the IRGC Intelligence Organization for the purpose of extracting forced confessions. On Friday, February 6, he was paraded in the Vakilabad and Khayyam streets of Mashhad, accompanied by several officers, including special police units (NOPO) and the Mashhad prosecutor, and was labeled as the “leader of the Mashhad riots.” Finally, on Thursday, February 12, he returned to Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad.
During his detention, he has repeatedly been subjected to torture. On January 13, he was tortured in a garden in the Tous Boulevard area of Mashhad. On January 15, immediately upon entering prison, he was assaulted by other inmates. Again, when he was transferred to the IRGC Intelligence Organization on February 2, he was subjected to further torture.
No court session has yet been held for him, and his case remains open in Branch 270 of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad, a court that handles political and security-related charges in Iran.
He faces charges of “enmity against God,” “leading riots,” “sabotage against national security,” and “collusion against the system,” which under the Iranian regime’s laws can carry the death penalty. Mohammad Hossein has been denied access to a lawyer.
