Additional Name(s): Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani, عبدالحمید معصومی تهرانی
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Shi'a
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: October/16/2022
Date of Release: January/3/2023
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Criticizing Religious Freedom Conditions Human Rights Work for Religious Communities Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role Religious Freedom Advocacy
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Abdolhamid Masoumi Tehrani was detained in relation to criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On October 16, 2022, authorities in Tehran reportedly arrested Tehrani, an ayatollah and human rights and religious freedom advocate, for criticizing authorities during nationwide protests against the death of Mahsa Amini and mandatory religious veiling.
On January 3, 2023, Tehrani was reportedly released on bail.
"زندان اوین؛ آیت الله عبدالحمید معصومی تهرانی با تودیع قرار وثیقه آزاد شد" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
"Ayatollah Abdolhamid Masoumi Tehrani Arrested" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
"Abdolhamid Masoumi Tehrani" United For Iran
"Excerpts from conversation between Iranian Ayatollah Abdol Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani, George Haroonian and Rabbi Abraham Cooper" Simon Wiesenthal Center