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

Extra Bio Info:

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.” 

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