[5] Ismaeelzahi is a vocal critic of the status of freedom of religion in Iran and an advocate of nonviolence.

[6] On 2 August 2017, he sent a letter to Ali Khamenei addressing concerns over the "issue of religious discrimination in Iran", which was publicly replied to.

[7] He traveled to Chabahar on 25 November 2013, and told the directors of religious schools in Sistan and Baluchistan: "All these groups are not takfiris.

"[8] In 2020, Ismaeelzahi issued a statement and considered the signing of the peace agreement between the "Afghan Taliban Movement" and the "American Government" as "a great success of the present era" and an example of "the victory of right over wrong".

[11] However, in December 2018, he was allowed to visit Muscat, Oman to meet the Iranian Baluch minority living there.