Additional Name(s): کیوان رحیمیان

Gender: Male

Current Location: Evin Prison, Tehran

Perpetrator: Iran

Religion or Belief: Bahá`í

Date of Detainment: July/18/2023

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Online Activity Religious Activity Religious Belief Religious Identity Religious Instruction & Teaching

Nature of Charges: Illegal Assembly Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials

Keyvan Rahimian

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Keyvan Rahimian is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On July 18, 2023, authorities in Tehran arrested Rahimian, a lecturer at an online Baha'i university, reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i. 

In February 2024, it was reported that the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Rahimian to five years in prison for "deviant educational or propaganda activities contrary to Islamic Sharia" and four years in prison for "colluding to commit crimes against the country's security." Rahimian was also deprived of social rights for six years and fined 50 million tomans. Rahimian is expected to serve five years in prison as the sentences run concurrently.

Rahimian has previously been arrested for his activism for the Baha'i community. 

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