Additional Name(s): Mitra Bandi Amir-Abadi, میترا بندی امیرآبادی
Gender: Female
Current Location: Yazd Prison
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Bahá`í
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Appeal: Reduced to 8 Months' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: December/13/2021
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
Mitra Bandi Amirabadi was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On May 30, 2020, security forces arrested Amirabadi in Yazd.
In September 2020, Amirabadi was released on bail.
On an unspecified date, Branch 2 of the Yazd Revolutionary Court reportedly sentenced Amirabadi to two years and eight months in prison for "membership in organizations that aim to disrupt national security" (Art. 499 IPC) and eight months in prison for "propaganda against the state" (Art. 500 IPC).
In October/November 2021, Branch 11 of the Yazd Court of Appeals reportedly acquitted Amirabadi of "membership in organizations that aim to disrupt national security" (Art. 499 IPC) and upheld her eight-month sentence for "propaganda against the state" (Art. 500 IPC).
On December 13, 2021, security forces arrested Amirabadi from her home and sent her to Yazd Prison to begin serving her sentence.
Amirabadi's sentence should have ended.
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Photo attributed to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
"Mitra Bandi Amirabadi" United for Iran
"Two Baha’i Citizens Arrested and Sent to Yazd Prison to Serve Their Sentences" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
"میترا بندی امیرآبادی و هیوا یزدان مهدی آبادی شهروندان بهائی، جهت تحمل حبس به زندان یزد منتقل شدند" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
"Four Baha’i Citizens Sentenced to a Total of 32 Months Imprisonment by Appeals Court" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
"Detention of Iranian Baha’Is Mitra Bandi-Amir Abadi and Hiva Yazdan-Mehdi Abadi in Yazd" Iran Press Watch