Mojtaba Rahimi is a political reporter who was arrested at his home in the city of Qazvin following the protests over the death in morality police custody of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

Earlier, he had also been arrested after the tragedy of the collapse of Metropol complex in Abadan. He had lighted a candle in memory of the victims of this tragedy and was accused by Qazvin’s Intelligence Bureau of “propaganda against the regime” and “illegal gathering and conspiracy”.