Mohammad Mahdi Faghihi

Mohammad Mahdi Faghihi
Born 1962 (1962) (age 54)
Mashhad, Iran
Occupation Newspaper publisher

Mohammad Mahdi Faghihi was born during the Persian month of Farvardin, 1341 (between March and April 1962) in Mashhad, and was a childhood neighbor and close friend of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.[1]

Years before the Supreme Leader of Iran rose to the position, Faghihi earned a degree in Public Relations at a Qom Seminary in Persian year 1372 (1993–1994). In 1377 (1998–1999) he was the Newspaper Publisher for Entekhab. In 1383 (2004-5), after he left Entekhab, he took on several smaller posts and private sector jobs. During the elections, he seriously criticised the Government, strongly supported by Mir Hossein Mousavi. He was commended for transforming the political opposition since the first newsbreak of widespread election fraud, for his public outcry.[2]

For two months after the election these comments were censored. The Ahmadinejad government filtered Entekhab news 12 times, and Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi was arrested, but the site has since restarted its activities.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ روزآنلاین Archived May 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ / روزنامه_انتخاب
  3. ↑ گویا/
  4. ↑ ایسنا Archived June 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
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