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Fariba Ashtari was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On December 2, 2019, authorities arrested Ashtari from her home reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.
In…
Atollah Zafar is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 1, 2023, authorities arrested Zafar reportedly in relation to his activities assisting Baha'i families…
Payam Vali is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 24, 2022, authorities in Karaj arrested Vali reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i. Security…
Sepehr Ziaee is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 24, 2022, authorities in Tehran arrested Ziaee reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i.
In January…
Enayatollah Naeimi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 28, 2022, authorities in Isfahan arrested Naeimi reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i. …
Amin Sharifi is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2022, authorities arrested Sharifi from his home in Mashhad reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i.…
Aida Rasti was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On September 28, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Rasti from her home in relation to her being Baha'i. She was…
Parisa Roohi Zadegan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In 2016, authorities arrested Zadegan reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.
On an unspecified date,…
Saman Khadem was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 13, 2022, authorities in Shiraz arrested Khadem, an environmental activist, reportedly in relation to his being…
Arash Zamani was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On September 24, 2022, authorities in Tehran arrested Zamani and his partner Armaghan Zabihi from their…
Armaghan Zabihi was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On September 24, 2022, authorities in Tehran arrested Zabihi and her partner Arash Zamani from their home…
Sirous Zabihi was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On September 24, 2022, authorities in Mashhad arrested Zabihi reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i.
…Badie Khazei is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2022, plainclothes officers arrested Khazei in Tehran. Khazei was later transferred to Evin Prison…
Kamyar Habibi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 10, 2022, authorities in Karaj arrested Habibi reportedly for his being Baha'i.
On December 13…
Shaghayegh Bahrami was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On October 24, 2022, authorities in Kerman detained Bahrami and Shayan Gholami reportedly in…
Shayan Gholami was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 24, 2022, authorities in Kerman detained Gholami and Shaghayegh Bahrami reportedly in relation…
Hami Bahadori is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 22, 2022, authorities in Tehran detained Bahadori reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i.
On…
Leili Karami was detained for her religious belief and activity.
October 26, 2022, authorities in Shiraz detained Karami from her home reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.…
Pooya Saraf was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On November 2, 2022, authorities in Karaj detained Saraf and searched his workplace and home, confiscating electronics and…
Parwa Behdad was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On November 14, 2022, authorities in Isfahan arrested Behdad from her home reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.…
Sanaz Tafazoli is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 22, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Tafazoli in Mashhad in relation to her being Baha'i.
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Nima Mahin Bakht is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On November 21, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Bakht in Sari, Mazandaran province, in relation to his being Baha'…
Homayoun Khanlori is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 29, 2022, authorities in Rasht arrested Khanlori reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i.…
Nasim Kashani Nejad was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 21, 2022, authorities in Shiraz took into custody Nejad and sent her to Adel-Abad Prison to…
Rooha Imani was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On December 4, 2022, authorities in Kerman reportedly arrested Imani reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.…
Firoozeh Soltan Mohammadi was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On December 4, 2022, authorities in Kerman reportedly arrested Mohammadi reportedly in relation to her…
Vesal Momtazi was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On December 6, 2022, authorities in Rasht arrested Momtazi in relation to his being Baha'i.
On an unspecified date…
Farbod Alavi was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On December 4, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Alavi in relation to his being Baha'i. He was sent to Evin…
Faraz Haghighatjoo was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On December 10, 2022, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Haghighatjoo in relation to his being Baha'i. He…
Pouya Nowroozi was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On December 11, 2022, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Nowroozi in relation to his being Baha'i.…
Mona Ghodrat was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On December 19, 2022, authorities in Yazd reportedly arrested Ghodrat in relation to her being Baha'i.…
Bardia Basiri was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On December 17, 2022, authorities in Tehran reportedly arrested Basiri in relation to his being Baha'i.…
Massoud Momtaz was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On December 10, 2022, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Momtaz in relation to his being Baha'i. Authorities…
Nakisa Hajipour is detained for her religious belief and activity.
On January 1, 2023, authorities at Hasheminejad Airport in Mashhad reportedly arrested Hajipour in relation to…
Yashar Rasti was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On January 4, 2023, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Rasti in relation to his being Baha'i. Authorities…
Siamak Honarvar was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 6, 2021, authorities reportedly arrested Honarvar alongside other Baha'is for their religious identity…
Saeed Ettehad was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 6, 2021, authorities reportedly arrested Ettehad alongside other Baha'is for their religious identity.…
Reyhaneh Pakzad was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
In January 2023, authorities in Zahedan reportedly arrested Pakzad for being Baha'i and supporting…
Ghazal Pakzad was detained in relation to her religious belief.
In January 2023, authorities in Zahedan reportedly arrested Pakzad for being Baha'i and supporting nationwide protests…
Matin Gorji was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On January 8, 2023, authorities in Qaemshahr reportedly arrested Gorji, a Baha'i. Authorities…
Nahaleh Shahidi is detained on a religious basis.
On March 28, 2023, security forces arrested Shahidi, a Baha’i citizen and child rights activist, while she was traveling from Karaj…
Shahdokht Khanjani was detained in relation to her religious belief or activity.
On May 29, 2023, authorities arrested Khanjani at her residence in Samnan in relation to her being a Baha'i.…
Ahmad Al Malahi was detained for his religious activity.
On May 25, 2023, armed Houthi forces detained 17 Baha’is, including Al Malahi, after raiding a private residence in Sana’a where…
Foad Shaker was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On July 12, 2023, authorities in Kerman arrested five Baha'is, including Shaker, at the residence of Shahram…
Shahram Fallah was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On July 12, 2023, authorities in Kerman arrested five Baha'is, including Fallah, at Fallah's residence. The…
Yekta Fallah was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On July 12, 2023, authorities in Kerman arrested five Baha'is, including Fallah, at the residence of Shahram…
Behnam Pour-Ahmadi was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On July 12, 2023, authorities in Kerman arrested five Baha'is, including Pour-Ahmadi, at the residence of…
Paridokht Shojaei was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On July 12, 2023, authorities in Kerman arrested five Baha'is, including Shojaei, at the residence of…
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…
Shiva Kashani-Nejad was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On July 19, 2023, security forces from Ministry of Intelligence reportedly arrested Kashani-Nejad from…
Mojgan Samimi was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On July 19, 2023, security forces from Ministry of Intelligence reportedly arrested Samimi from her home in…
Shadi Shahidzadeh is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On May 1, 2023, authorities arrested Shahidzadeh at her home in Tehran reportedly in relation to her being Baha'…
Mansour Amini is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 1, 2023, authorities arrested Amini at his home reportedly in relation to his activities assisting Baha'i…
Valiollah Ghadamian is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 1, 2023, authorities arrested Ghadamian reportedly in relation to his activities assisting Baha'i…
Sabin Yazdani is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces reportedly raided Yazdani's home in Karaj.
In February 2023, it was reported…
Mahsa Tirgar Bahnemiri is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Bahnemiri to two…
Rameleh Tirgarnejad is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces reportedly raided Tirgarnejad's home in Karaj.
In February 2023, it…
Elham Shareghi Arani is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Arani to three years…
Nakisa Sadeghi is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces reportedly raided Sadeghi's home in Karaj.
In February 2023, it was…
Sadaf Sheikhzadeh is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Sheikhzadeh to two…
Shahrzad Mastouri is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Mastouri to two…
Negin Rezaie is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Rezaie to two years and…
Maria Khanjani was detained or her religious association.
On August 13, 2023, security forces apprehended Khanjani and her father Jamaloddin Khanjani and took them to…
Niusha Badiei Sabet was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On August 15, 2023, authorities in Babol, Mazandaran province, arrested Sabet and Suzan Eid Mohammadzadegan at…
Suzan Eid Mohammadzadegan was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On August 15, 2023, authorities in Babol, Mazandaran province, arrested Mohammadzadegan and Niusha…
Arash Nabavi is imprisoned for his religious belief and association.
In August 2023, authorities arrested Nabavi, a Baháʼí citizen. After two months, he was released on bail. …
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…
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…
Sina Shahri is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On January 17, 2022, authorities in Tabriz arrested Shahri at his home reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i.…
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 "…
Soroush Iqani is imprisoned for his religious identity.
In June 2023, Branch 1 of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court sentenced Iqani, an Iranian Baha'i, to two years in prison on charges of "…
Noushin Mesbah is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2023, Branch 1 of the Mashhad Revolution Court sentenced Mesbah to one year in prison on charges of "…
Navid Tashakor is detained for his religious identity.
On December 13, 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Tashakor, a Baha'i citizen, and charged him with “propaganda against the state…
Fadi Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Al-Nahhas is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Nahhas along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Mahmoud Ibrahim Mahmoud Al-Sharnouby is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Sharnouby along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Hussein Mohammed Hassan Al-Tenawi is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Tenawi along with other members of the Ahmadi Religion of…
Mahmoud Abdelmagid Abdelmagid Moaz is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Moaz along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi Religion…
Al-Sayed Othman Mohamad Ghali is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Nahhas along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi Religion…
Hazem Saied Abdel Moatamed is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Moatamed along with other members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and…
Hamdy Abd El-Azeem El-Sayed Abdallah is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Abdallah along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Ali Ahmad Mahmoud Shahat is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Shahat along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace…
Mohammed Adel Mohammed Salah Al-Deeb is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Deeb along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Mohammed Ahmed Ali Abdel-Hameed is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Abdel-Hameed along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Ali Al-Hadari (Ali Salah Ali Salah) is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Hadari along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Othman Al-Gohary Othman Othman is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Othman along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi Religion of…
Mohammed Eissa Rashad Abdelraheem is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Abdelraheem along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Omar Mahmoud Abdelmaguid Mohamed is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Mohamed along with other members of the Ahmadi Religion…
Parva Behdad is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In November 2022, Iranian security forces arrested Behdad at her home for managing a social media channel associated with the…
Arshia Rouhani is imprisoned for his religious belief and association.
In October 2023, authorities summoned and arrested Rouhani, a Baháʼí business owner who had previously faced…
Hamid Manzavi is imprisoned for his religious belief and association.
In October 2023, authorities summoned and arrested Manzavi, a Baháʼí business owner, after raiding and sealing his…
Sheyda Rouhani is detained for her religious belief.
In May 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Rouhani and confiscated her personal belongings, including her Baháʼí religious…
Sheydeh Tavakoli is detained for her religious belief and association.
In May 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Tavakoli along with two other Baháʼí women and took her to an…
Sheila Tavakoli is detained for her religious belief and association.
In May 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Tavakoli along with two other Baháʼí women and took her to an…
Arman Nik Ayin is detained for his religious belief and association.
In June 2025, authorities in Shiraz violently arrested Nik Ayin and raided his home. Authorities took him to an…
Iman Rahmatpanah is detained for his religious belief.
In June 2025, authorities in Shiraz arrested Rahmatpanah at his home and confiscated his personal belongings, including Baháʼí…
Hoshidar Zarei is imprisoned for his religious belief.
In April 2023, authorities arrested Zarei, a Baha'i citizen.
Later in 2023, Branch 1 of the Shiraz Revolutionary…
Moin Yeganeh is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2026, authorities arrested Yeganeh and threatened to deport him over his religious activities. His detention came amid…
Marwan Melouk is detained for his religious activity.
In November 2025, Algerian authorities arrested Melouk and interrogated him about his religion. Melouk had been an active…
Peyvand Naimi is detained for his religious identity and association.
In January 2026, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps authorities arrested Naimi and held him incommunicado.…
Borna Naimi is detained for his religious identity and association.
In March 2026, Iranian authorities arrested Naimi, held him incommunicado, and accused him of murdering government…