Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Bahá`í
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Behzad Basiri
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Behzad Basiri is detained for his religious belief and association.
In spring 2026, agents of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp arrested Basiri along with his wife, sister-in-law, and another Baha'i family amid an ongoing government crackdown against Baha'is.
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Bahá`í
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Mandana Sotoudeh
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Mandana Sotoudeh is detained for her religious belief and association.
In spring 2026, agents of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested Sotoudeh along with her sister, husband, and another Baha'i family amid an ongoing government crackdown against Baha'is. Authorities confined her to the women’s ward of Adelabad Prison.
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Bahá`í
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Mahsa Sotoudeh
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Mahsa Sotoudeh is detained for her religious belief.
In spring 2026, agents of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested Sotoudeh along with her sister, brother-in-law, and another Baha'i family amid an ongoing government crackdown against Baha'is. Authorities confined her to the women’s ward of Adelabad Prison.