🔶 Molavi Abdolhamid: Zabol’s Bloody Friday Is Not Forgettable

🔶 Molavi Abdolhamid: Zabol’s Bloody Friday Is Not Forgettable

Molavi Abdolhamid, the Sunni Friday prayer leader of Zahedan, said on the eve of the fourth anniversary of “Bloody Friday of Zahedan” that the incident “is not forgettable.” He also warned about war and tensions in the region and called for dialogue with the parties involved as well as the Iranian people.

The prominent Iranian Sunni cleric, on Friday, 3 Mehr (25 September), in the sermons of Friday prayers in Zahedan, described the massacre on 8 Mehr 1401 in Zahedan as “deeply shocking and heartbreaking,” and paid tribute to the dead and the wounded.

On 8 Mehr 1401, coinciding with nationwide protests following the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, Zahedan witnessed one of the deadliest crackdowns of that year in Iran.

At the time, Deutsche Welle, in a report citing the “Human Rights Watch,” wrote that Islamic Republic security forces killed at least 108 people in Zahedan and injured about 300. Due to this massacre, the day became known as “Bloody Friday of Zahedan.”