Rouhollah Nakhaei is a foreign affairs journalist who writes for the newspaper Shargh and other newspapers and websites. He is also interviewed by Persian-language media outlets outside Iran as an analyst of Iran’s political issues.

Nakhaei also manages an account on Telegram by the name of Tavarroq where he writes about domestic politics and Iran’s foreign policy.

He was arrested by security forces on September 23 during a demonstration in protest over the killing of Mahsa Amini by the Morality Police. His whereabout remain unknown.