IranWire

A judicial case has been opened against sociologist Mostafa Mehraeen at Iran’s Culture and Media Prosecutor’s Office.

According to HRANA, the case concerns an open letter Mehraeen wrote to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

The letter is under review at Branch 9 of the Prosecutor’s Office.

Mehraeen’s letter criticized Khamenei’s leadership and called for reforms, including the release of political prisoners, the dissolution of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a national referendum, constitutional amendments, and the Supreme Leader’s resignation.

Mehraeen is an assistant professor at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, with a Ph.D. in the sociology of culture from Tarbiat Modares University.

He has authored and translated multiple academic works on culture, art, and literature.