14 Iranian Citizens Declared 'Personae Non Gratae' - LIST

Recently, an increase has been observed in unfounded harsh accusations, insulting remarks, and illegal calls directed by citizens and media of the Islamic Republic of Iran against the state, people, and leadership of Azerbaijan. Clerics of various levels, members of parliament, experts, and media representatives have been targeting Azerbaijan's sovereignty, security, state-religion relations, and system of governance, while promoting religious radicalism, attempting to incite religious hatred and hostility, and calling for the violent overthrow of government power.

Operativ Media reports citing APA that, taking the aforementioned into account, 14 Iranian citizens who voiced calls against Azerbaijan in the media and on social networks and promoted hostility have been declared "personae non gratae" in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan and banned from entering the country.

We present the list of those individuals:

1. Ehsan Movahedian - Political analyst, expert, lecturer at Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran

2. Ahmad Farshbafian - Former head of the Center for Caucasian and Anatolian Studies at the University of Tabriz

3. Kamran Ghazanfari - Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran

4. Alireza Beigi - Former member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran, political commentator

5. Abolfazl Zohrevand - Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran

6. Abbas Moghtadaei Khorasgani - Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran

7. Alireza Salimi - Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran

8. Hossein Shariatmadari - Editor-in-chief of Kayhan newspaper

9. Ayatollah Mohsen Araki - Member of the Assembly of Experts, which selects Iran's Supreme Leader, and member of the Expediency Discernment Council

10. Ayatollah Mohammad Javad Fazel Lankarani - Member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom, head of the Al-Aimmah al-Athar (a) Jurisprudence Center in the city of Qom

11. Abdolhossein Khosrow Panah - Secretary of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution of Iran

12. Hojjat al-Islam Gholamreza Kavashi - Head of public relations for the office of the Tabriz Friday Prayer Leader, head of the public relations department for the office of the Supreme Leader's representative in East Azerbaijan Province

13. Daryoush Safarnejad - Professor, political expert

14. Ahmadreza Mousavi - Actor and TV presenter