{"id":14775,"date":"2025-11-17T06:39:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/?p=14775"},"modified":"2025-11-17T06:39:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:39:42","slug":"mawlana-fathi-mohammad-naqshbandi-released-from-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2025\/11\/17\/14775\/","title":{"rendered":"Mawlana Fathi Mohammad Naqshbandi Released from Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mawlana Fathi Mohammad Naqshbandi, the Friday prayer leader of Rask in Iran and head of a religious seminary \u2013 one of the country\u2019s prominent Sunni scholars \u2013 was released on Tuesday (November 11, 2025) from Mashhad\u2019s Vakilabad Prison after serving two years and two months behind bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mawlana Fathi Mohammad Naqshbandi had been arrested by security forces on Sunday (August 20, 2023) while traveling from Rask to Chabahar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rask Friday prayer leader had been sentenced to five years\u2019 imprisonment by Mashhad\u2019s Special Clerical Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ali Mozaffari, Deputy Head of the Judiciary for Judicial Affairs, announced on Sunday (November 9, 2025) that more than 160 prisoners facing security-related charges had received pardons or sentence reductions. 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