IFP - Mohammad Nourizad, a political dissident convicted of involvement in stoking the post-election unrest in Iran in 2009, has asked the Leader to give him permission to leave the country to visit his ill son.






According to a group of social media activists, Nourizad has written a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, asking the Leader to permit him to leave Iran in order to visit his child, who suffers from a refractory disease.

Nourizad has requested Ayatollah Khamenei to issue an order that would annul a verdict banning him from leaving the country, reports Tasnim News Agency.

Social media activists say the Leader has accepted Nourizad�s request.

The news has made headlines on social media, especially on Twitter, and users have posted a lot of comments about Nourizad with the hashtag #Islamic_Pardon.

Mohammad Nourizad is a far-left reformist activist who has always been a local opposition figure and has lashed out at the Establishment in all areas.

Among other criticisms, Nourizad has made harsh comments about Iran�s presence in Iraq and Syria and the defenders of holy sites.

He was apprehended in 2009 in the wake of the unrest and chaos that followed Iran�s presidential election the same year. Before being arrested, he wrote a number of harshly-worded letters to the Leader, calling on Ayatollah Khamenei to change his policies on how to deal with protesters.