Additional Name(s): Hamid Monzavi
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Bahá`í
Date of Detainment: October//2023
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Hamid Manzavi
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Hamid Manzavi is imprisoned for his religious belief and association.
In October 2023, authorities summoned and arrested Manzavi, a Baháʼí business owner, after raiding and sealing his business. He was released on bail.
In June 2024, Judge Mohammadreza Tavakkoli of Branch 1 of the Isfahan Revolutionary Court sentenced Manzavi to 5 years' imprisonment fined him 50 million tomans for “propaganda in favor of groups opposed to the state,” “propaganda against the government,” and “membership in groups intending to disrupt national security.” His sentenced was later reduced to 2 years' imprisonment and a fine of 25-million tomans.
In May 2025, authorities summoned, arrested, and imprisoned Manzavi at Dastgerd Prison.
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Bahá`í
Date of Detainment: October//2023
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Arshia Rouhani
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Arshia Rouhani is imprisoned for his religious belief and association.
In October 2023, authorities summoned and arrested Rouhani, a Baháʼí business owner who had previously faced legal action due to his religious beliefs, after raiding and sealing his business. He was released on bail.
In June 2024, Judge Mohammadreza Tavakkoli of Branch 1 of the Isfahan Revolutionary Court sentenced Rouhani to 5 years' imprisonment and fined him 50 million tomans for “propaganda in favor of groups opposed to the state,” “propaganda against the government,” and “membership in groups intending to disrupt national security.” His sentence was later reduced to 2 years' imprisonment and a fine of 25 million tomans.
In May 2025, authorities summoned and arrested Rouhani and imprisoned him at Dastgerd Prison.
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Pakistan
Religion or Belief: Hindu
Date of Detainment: February//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Forced Renunciation of Faith
Najo Kohli
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Najo Kohli was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In February 2025, 13-year-old Kohli, a Hindu girl from Umerkot District, was abducted from her home at midnight by four armed men while they held her parents at gunpoint. The next day, police officers prevented her father from filing a first information report (FIR), stating that his daughter had converted to Islam and was now married. Her conversion certificate falsely recorded her age as 18 and her former religion as Christian. Two weeks later, an FIR was filed.