Mohammad-Bagher Kharrazi, a hardline cleric and secretary general of a group called "Hezbollah of Iran", has been released on bail after about a month in detention. Seyed Ali Kazemi, spokesman for the Islamic Republic's judiciary, announced the news at his weekly press conference on Tuesday, 6 October 2026.
According to the Entekhab website, Kazemi said Kharrazi was freed after a bail order was issued and accepted, but stressed: "The case is still being processed and is at the stage of preliminary investigation." According to Iran International, he added that no indictment has yet been issued against the cleric. The bail amount and the specific charges against him have not been disclosed.
Why Mohammad-Bagher Kharrazi was arrested
Kharrazi, 65, drew attention in August with controversial remarks. According to Iran International, he called the Islamic Republic an "obsolete" system and spoke of a plan to organise a 250,000-strong network which, he said, could surround government ministries and pave the way for replacing the current system with an "Islamic government". He had also called for building an atomic bomb and testing it in the Atlantic Ocean.
The judiciary summoned him after those remarks, and on 8 September its spokesman confirmed that Kharrazi had been detained on a court order and that his case was under preliminary investigation at the Special Clerical Court. The judiciary had earlier said his statements could lead to security-related charges.
Family ties to the leader's household
Kharrazi is linked by marriage to the family of the Islamic Republic's leader: according to Iran International, his sister is the wife of Masoud Khamenei, brother of Mojtaba Khamenei. His release on bail before any indictment comes as revolutionary courts have in recent weeks handed long prison sentences to people detained during the Dey uprising on charges such as "insulting the leadership" — among them Mani Partani in Bojnurd, who was sentenced to eight years in prison.
The judiciary released on bail, before any indictment, a cleric who had called for replacing the Islamic Republic.
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