Mohammad Mahdi Faghihi

Who is Mohammad Mahdi Faghihi?

Mohammad Mahdi Faghihi was born during the Persian month of Farvardin, 1341 in Mashhad, and was a childhood neighbor and close friend of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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. In 1377 he was the Newspaper Publisher for Entekhab. In 1383, 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.

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.