Additional Name(s): Hiva Yazdan Mehdi Abadi, Hiva Yazdan-Mehdi Abadi, هیوا یزدان مهدی‌آبادی

Gender: Female

Current Location: Yazd Prison

Perpetrator: Iran

Religion or Belief: Bahá`í

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Appeal: Reduced to 8 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: December/13/2021

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials

Hiwa Yazdan Mehdi Abadi

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Hiwa Yazdan Mehdi Abadi was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On May 30, 2020, security forces arrested Abadi in Yazd.

In September 2020, Abadi was released on bail.

On an unspecified date, Branch 2 of the Yazd Revolutionary Court  reportedly sentenced Abadi to two years and eight months in prison for "membership in organizations that aim to disrupt national security" (Art. 499 IPC) and eight months in prison for "propaganda against the state" (Art. 500 IPC).

In October/November 2021, Branch 11 of the Yazd Court of Appeals reportedly acquitted Abadi of "membership in organizations that aim to disrupt national security" (Art. 499 IPC) and upheld her eight-month sentence for "propaganda against the state" (Art. 500 IPC).

On December 13, 2021, security forces arrested Abadi from her home and sent her to Yazd Prison to begin serving her sentence. 

On an unspecified date, Abadi was reportedly released after completing her sentence.

Abadi was briefly detained in December 2017 for “teaching music to children."

Related Cases: Mitra Bandi Amirabadi, Amin Zolfaghari, Mahboubeh Misaghian

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Additional Name(s): Mitra Bandi Amir-Abadi, میترا بندی امیرآبادی

Gender: Female

Current Location: Yazd Prison

Perpetrator: Iran

Religion or Belief: Bahá`í

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Appeal: Reduced to 8 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: December/13/2021

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials

Mitra Bandi Amirabadi

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Mitra Bandi Amirabadi was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On May 30, 2020, security forces arrested Amirabadi in Yazd.

In September 2020, Amirabadi was released on bail.

On an unspecified date, Branch 2 of the Yazd Revolutionary Court  reportedly sentenced Amirabadi to two years and eight months in prison for "membership in organizations that aim to disrupt national security" (Art. 499 IPC) and eight months in prison for "propaganda against the state" (Art. 500 IPC).

In October/November 2021, Branch 11 of the Yazd Court of Appeals reportedly acquitted Amirabadi of "membership in organizations that aim to disrupt national security" (Art. 499 IPC) and upheld her eight-month sentence for "propaganda against the state" (Art. 500 IPC).

On December 13, 2021, security forces arrested Amirabadi from her home and sent her to Yazd Prison to begin serving her sentence.

 Amirabadi's sentence should have ended.

Related Cases: Hiwa Yazdan Mehdi Abadi, Amin Zolfaghari, Mahboubeh Misaghian

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Additional Name(s): امین ذوالفقاری

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Iran

Religion or Belief: Bahá`í

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Appeal: Reduced to 8 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: May/24/2022

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials

Amin Zolfaghari

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Amin Zolfaghari was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 21, 2020, intelligence agents arrested Zolfaghari at his home in Yazd.

On June 23, 2020, Zolfaghari was released on bail.

On an unspecified date, Branch 2 of the Yazd Revolutionary Court sentenced Zolfaghari to two years and eight months in prison for "membership in organizations that aim to disrupt national security" (Art. 499 IPC) and eight months in prison for "propaganda against the state" (Art. 500 IPC).

In October/November 2021, Branch 11 of the Yazd Court of Appeals reportedly acquitted Zolfaghari of "membership in organizations that aim to disrupt national security" (Art. 499 IPC) and upheld his eight-month sentence for "propaganda against the state" (Art. 500 IPC).

On May 24, 2022, Zolfaghari was reportedly transferred to Yazd Prison to begin serving his sentence.

On an unspecified date, Zolfaghari was reportedly released after completing his sentence.

Related Cases: Hiwa Yazdan Mehdi Abadi, Mitra Bandi Amirabadi, Mahboubeh Misaghian

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