Additional Name(s): Nahale Shahidi Yazdi
Gender: Female
Current Location: Kerman Prison
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Bahá`í
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: March/28/2023
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Education Rights Religious Activity Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Nahaleh Shahidi is detained on a religious basis.
On March 28, 2023, security forces arrested Shahidi, a Baha’i citizen and child rights activist, while she was traveling from Karaj to Kerman and took her to an undisclosed location. The reasons for her arrest and her detained location were unknown.
In April 2023, it was reported that Shahidi was transferred from a Ministry of Intelligence detention facility to Kerman Prison.
Shahidi was previously imprisoned for activities related to her religious identity.
In March 2011, Shahidi was arrested and then sentenced by the Revolutionary Court of Kerman to two years in prison and one year of suspended imprisonment to prison for “civil and children’s rights activities, such as holding literacy sources for children.”
Photo attributed to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom Conditions in Iran September 2023
HRANA English, Tweet, April 27, 2023
Iran Human Rights Monitor, Tweet, April 3, 2023
"Baha’i Citizen Nahaleh Shahidi Yazdi Arrested" Iran Press Watch
“Baha’i Citizen Nahaleh Shahidi Yazdi Arrested” Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
"Nahaleh Shahidi" Baha’i International Community