Additional Name(s): ساناز حکمت شعار

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: Iran

Religion or Belief: Bahá`í

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: August/31/2022

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Education Rights Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Sanaz Hekmat-Shoar

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Sanaz Hekmat-Shoar was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Hekmat-Shoar, in Mazandaran province under unclear circumstances. 13 out of the 14 arrested were described as "youth." A majority of the arrests reportedly occurred at a private home where those arrested had been studying and discussing the role of education in social progress.

In September 2022, it was reported that Hekmat-Shoar was released.

In July 2023, it was reported that the Ghaemshahr Revolutionary Court sentenced Hekmat-Shoar to three years in prison and imposed a fine on allegations of engaging in “educational activities and propaganda at variance and against Islamic Sharia law.”

In November 2023, Branch 9 of the Mazandaran Court of Appeal upheld Haghighi's sentence.

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