Mazandaran prosecutor says cleric Yaser Taheri was killed at his home in Sari

Unverified · Sari, Iran · 2026-10-17 07:34 UTC

The Mazandaran prosecutor, as relayed by Tasnim News on Telegram, says Hojjat ol-Eslam Yaser Taheri, imam of the Imam Hassan Askari mosque in Sari and a member of the Mazandaran clerical association, was killed at his home on Thursday. The report is attributed to the prosecutor and has not been independently confirmed.

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• Tasnim News (Telegram), 2026-10-17 07:34 UTC

First reported 2026-10-17 07:34 UTC; last updated 2026-10-17 07:39 UTC.

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