Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Bahá`í
Date of Detainment: May//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Sheydeh Tavakoli
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Sheydeh Tavakoli is detained for her religious belief and association.
In May 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Tavakoli along with two other Baháʼí women and took her to an undisclosed location.
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Bahá`í
Date of Detainment: May//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Sheyda Rouhani
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Sheyda Rouhani is detained for her religious belief.
In May 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Rouhani and confiscated her personal belongings, including her Baháʼí religious literature. Authorities transferred her to an undisclosed location.
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.