Additional Name(s): Shabnam Tebyanyan, شبنم تبیانیان

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: Iran

Religion or Belief: Bahá`í

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: August/21/2023

Date of Release: August/27/2023

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Shabnam Tebianian

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Shabnam Tebianian was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 21, 2023, security forces arrested Tebianian in Semnan City. Authorities reportedly conducted a thorough search of her home and confiscated personal belongings, including books, computers and mobile phones. 

On August 27, 2023, Tebianian was reportedly released on bail from Semnan Prison. 

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Additional Name(s): آنیسا فنائیان

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: Iran

Religion or Belief: Bahá`í

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: August/21/2023

Date of Release: August//2023

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Anisa Fanaian

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Anisa Fanaian was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 21, 2023, security forces arrested Fanaian at her home in Semnan City. Authorities reportedly conducted a thorough search of her home and confiscated personal belongings, including books, computers and mobile phones.

On August 27/28, 2023, Fanaian was reportedly released on bail from Semnan Prison. 

Fanaian has previously been imprisoned for her religious beliefs. 

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Additional Name(s): Mowlawi Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Iran

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: August/20/2023

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Criticizing Religious Freedom Conditions Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions Religious Activity Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi

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Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi is detained for his religious activity. 

On August 20, 2023, authorities reportedly arrested Naghshbandi, the imam and Friday prayer leader in Rask, while he was traveling from from Rask to Chah Bahar. The week before, local officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization, the Ministry of Intelligence, and the office of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Representative in the provincial capital, Zahedan, had summoned Naghshbandi threatening to arrest him if he continued to deliver sermons critical of authorities. His arrest came amid a crackdown on protestors, civil society, and former political prisoners following nationwide protests against the death of Mahsa Amini, and mandatory religious veiling.

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