Mostafa Faghihi (

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: مصطفی فقیهی) is an Iranian reformist journalist. He has also been the former editor-in-chief and current owner of

Entekhab ''Entekhab'' (Persian: انتخاب; ''Choice'') was a Persian language newspaper published in Iran between 1991 and 2004. Nevertheless, its news website is active under the name of "Entekhab" (Entekhab.ir) and has turned into one of the most hig ...

and media consultant to

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی, Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī, born Akbar Hashemi Bahramani, 25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician, writer, and one of the founding fathers of the Islami ...

. He has been summoned to Iranian courts several times on charges of insulting the Supreme

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and

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of Iran, criticizing Iranian military and security officials, and spreading lies by the prosecutor, the Ministry of Intelligence, and the

Revolutionary Guards The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...

. Due to some of his revelations, Faqihi has been covered by the Iranian and international media.

Revelations

Some of his revelations are: Some of his revelations are Mostafa Faghihi was the first to say that

Hassan Rouhani Hassan Rouhani ( fa, حسن روحانی, Standard Persian pronunciation: ; born Hassan Fereydoun ( fa, حسن فریدون, links=no); 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. ...

was building a house on land that did not have a legal permit. After this revelation, the chairman of the

Islamic City Council of Tehran The Islamic City Council of Tehran ( fa, شورای اسلامی شهر تهران) is the directly elected council that presides over the city of Tehran, elects the mayor of Tehran in a mayor–council government system, and budgets of the M ...

confirmed Faghihi's words. Twenty-four hours after the news broke, the third floor of President Rouhani's house was demolished. When Iranian government officials put the death toll at 176, Faghihi announced that 2,000 Iranians have died from the

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. But some Iranian media outlets believed the news was a lie and called for his trial. Some media outlets, such as

Radio Farda Radio Farda ( fa, راديو فردا, lit=Radio Tomorrow, ''Radio Farda'') is the Iranian branch of the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) external broadcast service for providing "factual, objective and profession ...

, also said that Faghihi had been arrested by the Iranian judiciary. But a few days later, he denied his detention, saying that he had only been summoned by the court and that he had given explanations. Mostafa Faghihi published documents in which a member of the

Islamic Consultative Assembly The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The P ...

of Iran forged his degree. A few days later, the spokesman of the

Guardian Council The Guardian Council, (also called Council of Guardians or Constitutional Council, fa, شورای نگهبان, Shourā-ye Negahbān) is an appointed and constitutionally mandated 12-member council that wields considerable power and influence i ...

confirmed Faghihi 's words and annulled the votes of the parliamentary candidate.

Threat of murder

Referring to the criticism of Iranian politicians in the news media, he was threatened with murder by the daughter of one of them.

Resources

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