A plot to kill outspoken Sunni cleric Molavi Abdulhamid has been uncovered, the Haalvsh human rights organization reported on June 19.
Haalvsh, a group that monitors rights violations in Iran’s Baluchistan, said the security guards of Zahedan’s Makki Mosque arrested a man masquerading as a religious student who wanted to poison Molavi.
The man said the plot was orchestrated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) intelligence service.
Government officials did not immediately comment on the alleged plot to kill Molavi, the Sunni Friday prayer leader of Zahedan, the capital of Sistan and Baluchistan.
The 75-year-old cleric has been a key dissenting voice inside Iran since the eruption of nationwide protests in September 2022.
