Gender: Female

Current Location: Birjand

Perpetrator: Iran

Ethnic Group: Fars

Religion or Belief: Bahá`í

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Appeal: Reduced to 1 Year, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Sentence: Originally 6 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: October//2020

Date of Sentencing: September//2020

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials

Atieh Salehi

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Atieh Salehi was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In October 2017, security agents arrested Salehi and several other Baha’is following a raid on their homes in Birjand. The raids coincided with a Baha’i religious holiday.

A month later, Salehi was released on bail.

In April 2020, Salehi was sentenced to six years in prison for "membership in organizations that aim to disrupt national security" (Art. 499 IPC).  It is also reported she was sentenced for “propaganda against the state” (Art. 500 IPC).

In September 2020, Branch 4 of the South Khorasan Appeals Court sentenced Salehi to one year and six months in prison for "membership in organizations that aim to disrupt national security" (Art. 499 IPC) and acquitted her of “propaganda against the state” (Art. 500 IPC).

In October 2020, Salehi was taken into custody to begin serving her sentence in a prison in Birjand.

Salehi's sentence should have ended.

Related Cases: Arezou Mohammadi, Roya Melaki, Ataollah Melaki, Farid Zirgi Moghaddam

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Additional Name(s): Arezoo Mohammadi, آرزو محمدی

Gender: Female

Current Location: Birjand

Perpetrator: Iran

Ethnic Group: Fars

Religion or Belief: Bahá`í

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Appeal: Reduced to 1 Year, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Sentence: Originally 6 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: October//2020

Date of Sentencing: September//2020

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials

Arezou Mohammadi

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Arezou Mohammadi was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In October 2017, security agents arrested Mohammadi and several other Baha’is following a raid on their homes in Birjand. The raids coincided with a Baha’i religious holiday.

A month later, Mohammadi was released on bail.

In April 2020, Mohammadi was sentenced to six years in prison for "membership in organizations that aim to disrupt national security" (Art. 499 IPC).  It is also reported she was sentenced for “propaganda against the state” (Art. 500 IPC).

In September 2020, Branch 4 of the South Khorasan Appeals Court sentenced Mohammadi to one year and six months in prison for "membership in organizations that aim to disrupt national security" (Art. 499 IPC) and acquitted her of “propaganda against the state” (Art. 500 IPC).

In October 2020, Mohammadi surrendered herself into custody to begin serving her sentence in a prison in Birjand.

Mohammadi's sentence should have ended.

Related Cases: Atieh Salehi, Roya Melaki, Ataollah Melaki, Farid Zirgi Moghaddam

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Additional Name(s): نسیم قنواتیان

Gender: Male

Current Location: Bandar Abbas Prison

Perpetrator: Iran

Ethnic Group: Fars

Religion or Belief: Bahá`í

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Appeal: Rejected

Sentence: 2 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Sentencing: December//2020

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Human Rights Work for Religious Communities Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Illegal Assembly

Nasim Ghanvatian

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Nasim Ghanvatian was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In April 2017, authorities arrested Ghanvatian and several other Baha’is in Bandar Abbas reportedly for attending Baha’i gatherings as well as engaging in other communal religious activities. There is also reporting indicating they were accused of sharing human rights violations against Baha’is with foreign media organizations.

In June 2017, Ghanvatian was released on bail.

In December 2020, Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court of Bandar Abbas sentenced Ghanvatian to two years in prison for “assembling and colluding to act against national security” (Art. 610 IPC).

In February 2021, Branch 2 of the Hormozgan Court of Appeals upheld Ghanvatian's sentence.

Later in 2021, Ghanvatian  was taken into custody to begin serving his sentence and was transferred to Bandar Abbas Prison.

In April 2021, Ghanvatian was granted a short leave from prison. He returned days later.

On an unspecified date, Ghanvatian was released from prison reportedly after completing his sentence.

Related Cases: Maral Rasti, Mahnaz Jan Nesar, Arash Rasekhi, Mehrallah Afshar

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