Gender: Female

Current Location: Adel Abad Prison, Shiraz

Perpetrator: Iran

Religion or Belief: Bahá`í

Sentence: 5 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: February/13/2024

Date of Sentencing: September//2022

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

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

Mina Karami

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Mina Karami is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In September 2022, Branch 1 of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court convicted Karami, an Iranian Baha'i, on charges related to "deviant educational and propaganda activities contrary to Islamic Sharia Law." The sentence includes five years of imprisonment, denial of social rights for 10 years, and a two-year ban from leaving the country. Branch 37 of the Court of Appeal in Fars province ultimately upheld the verdict on an unknown date.

In January 2024, Branch 1 of the General and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office of Shiraz summoned Karami to appear before judicial authorities.

On February 13, 2024, agents of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence apprehended Karami in Shiraz and later took her to Adel Abad prison to begin her five-year prison sentence. 

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