Rahim Rostami (born 16 June 1991 in Narest, Iran) is an Iran-born asylum seeker who became known to the public in Norway via national TV station NRK in the investigative journalism "NRK Brennpunkt" programs where he in twice appeared in programs focusing on Senjehesten Asylum Seeker Reception Center where he came forward as spokesperson for criticism from the residents.

His asylum application was based on fear of persecution and the consequences of a death penalty following an in absentia judgement in Iran that he became aware of after he fled.

During a public meeting at Skrolsvik on the island of Senja, he held an appeal in Norwegian on the unacceptable conditions at the reception center.

Prior to the opening of the center, the locals had warned UDI against giving operating permit to a person that was previously convicted for economic crimes and had run bankrupt several times.

[14] While the immigration authorities processed the revocation request towards the UNE rejection, Rostami lived with friends in the Oslo region.

[4] He was detained in the bank by the National Police Immigration Service 9 February 2011, the same day UNE rejected the revocation request.

After one night at Trandum Detention Center Rostami was deported to Teheran with police escort 10 February 2011, arriving 11.

[3] Iranian authorities have since the 2009 election tightened the grip around oppositional groups and individuals, and hits hard down on anyone suspected of disloyalty against the regime.

Asylum seekers are pointed out as a group that by fleeing from Iran has shown such disloyalty, which is documented by The Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre - Landinfo in a note published on their web site 19.

The activities of spies among Iranian asylum seekers in Norway has at several occasions been referred in Norwegian media,[17] lately in a report at national TV broadcaster NRK 30 March 2011,[18] around six weeks after Rahim Rostamis was deported.

April 2011 where they say that this is fiction influenced by the Zionist lobby, and that the purpose is to undermine the bilateral relations between Norway and Iran.

After the case became national news, mainly through the articles of the weekly magazine Ny Tid, social media have been used extensively in the engagement for Rostami's case, both on Facebook[21] and in the more serious Norwegian internet discussion forums such as NyeMeninger.no and Verdidebatt.no: Characteristic for the engagement amongst those who know Rostami is the letter 9-year-old Torgeir sent to the King: "We have been told that his life is in danger and I am very afraid that they will hurt him in the prison".

[35] In a note on her blog,[36] author and former paperless and evicted Maria Amelie describes how the situation of the paperless has become visible in an entirely new way, referring amongst other to Rahim Rostami: Less than a year ago there were no organizations, Facebook groups, very few that followed up asylum cases such as with Rahim Rostami where they remembered his birthday while he was in a prison.

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, leader of Iran Human Rights, to weekly magazine Ny Tid[3] This is decidedly the most serious case we have seen.

Human rights advocate Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam to Nettavisen [45] We do not know the charges against him, but the fact that he is held in Evin without bail option is very serious.

Terje Sjeggestad is known for his harsh reactions towards criticism: Human rights advocate Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam to Nettavisen [47] The new indictment against him is based on his participation to opposition meetings while he was in Norway.

Attorney Cecilie Schjatvet to weekly magazine Ny Tid [6] ([48] English translation) There is no doubt that the indictment and death penalty against Rahim Rostami are real, and that the return to Iran has put his life at risk.

The deputy leader of The Liberal Party of Norway Helge Solum Larsen to ukemagasinet Ny Tid [6] ([48] English translation) Deportations to Iran should not happen at all, knowing the current situation in that country.

We want you to throw around and do what Norwegian authorities according to attorney Schjatvet is er committed to through international law, that is «to rectify the situation».

The immigration authorities have following the deportation of Rostami argued in the media that their decision was correct, based on the information they hold.

April 2011 the statement "Claims without coverage",[7] where they refuted all critical remarks made through the media in relation to the deportation of Rostami.

April 2011, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre published the press release "Increase in brutal public executions in Iran"[50] where he puts forward: "One of the world society's most important sources of information on executions [in Iran] is therefore Iranian human rights organizations and -defenders.

April 2011 requesting a complete copy of the file, with reference to their role as surveillance authority according to article 35 of the Refugee convention of 1951 and the annexed protocol of 1967, and the Norwegian Immigration Act §98.

[51][52] On 19 April 2011 Landinfo published a report documenting the increased threat for turned-down asylum seekers returning to Iran.