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Soroush Agahi was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.

In November 2018, authorities arrested Agahi in relation to his being Baha'i.

In January 2019,…

Parvan Manavi was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.

On October 16, 2018, authorities arrested Manavi in relation to his being Baha'i.

On December 16,…

Jamileh Pakrou was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.

In September 2018, authorities arrested Pakrou and several other Baha'is in relation to their being Baha'i…

Peyman Manavi was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.

In September 2018, authorities arrested Manavi and several other Baha'is in relation to their…

Neda Shabani was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.

In November 2018, authorities arrested Shabani in relation to her being Baha'i. 

In…

Farid Alavi is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On August 2, 2022, authorities arrested Alavi during a state-run operation to demolish Baha'i homes and confiscate Baha'i…

Mahboubeh Misaghian was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On June 1, 2020, authorities reportedly arrested Misaghian and searched her home. 

On June…

Rolando Álvarez was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On August 4, 2022, police prevented Álvarez, bishop of the Matagalpa diocese, from leaving his home to perform…

Ramiro Tijerino was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.

On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Tijerino, a priest, from leaving the…

Sadiel Eugarrios was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.

On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Eugarrios, a priest, from leaving…

Raúl Antonio Vega was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.

On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Antonio Vega, a deacon, from…

José Luis Díaz was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.

On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Luis Díaz, a priest, from leaving the…

Darvin Leiva was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.

On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Leiva, a seminarian, from leaving…

Melkin Sequeira was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.

On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Sequeira, a seminarian, from leaving…

Sergio Cárdenas was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.

On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Cárdenas, a cameraman, from…

Hengameh Alipour was detained for their religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Alipour, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Negar Darabi was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Darabi, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Golbon Fallah was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Fallah, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Mahsa Fathi was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Fathi, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Nazanin Goli was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Goli, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Mani Gholinejad was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Gholinejad, in Mazandaran province under…

Samiyeh Gholinejad was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Gholinejad, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Bita Haghighi was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Haghighi, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

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…

Afnaneh Nematian was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Nematian, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Basir Samimi was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Samimi, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Mojir Samimi was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Samimi, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Sam Samimi was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Samimi, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Anis Sanaie was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Sanaie, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Zhila Shahriari is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In August/September 2016, authorities arrested Shahriari reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.

In…

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.

Cui Tai is detained for his religious leadership role.

On June 19, 2020, police in Zhangjiakou municipality, Hebei province, detained Cui Tai, a Catholic bishop, reportedly in…

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…

Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim was detained in relation to his religious leadership role and religious expression.

On October 15, 2022, authorities arrested Tsalim, the Catholic bishop of…

Mihretab Stefanos was detained in relation to his religious leadership role and religious expression.

On October 11, 2022, authorities arrested, Stefanos, the priest of St.…

Abraham Habtom Gebremariam was detained in relation to his religious leadership role and religious expression.

In October 2022, authorities arrested Gebremariam, a Capuchin abbot. …

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.…

Ivan Levitsky was detained for his religious leadership role.

In November 2022, Russian forces in Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia oblast, Ukraine, reportedly abducted hieromonk …

Bohdan Geleta was detained for his religious leadership role.

In November 2022, Russian forces in Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia oblast, Ukraine, reportedly abducted Geleta, a priest…

Enrique Martínez was detained for his religious leadership role.

On October 13, 2022, authorities reportedly violently arrested Martínez, the parish priest of St. Martha’s Church in…

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…

Oscar Benavidez was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On August 14, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Benavidez, a priest, after he performed mass. …

Anwar Kenneth was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In 2001, authorities reportedly arrested Kenneth after he was accused of writing letters perceived as blasphemous towards…

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.…

Jaime Iván Montesinos Sauceda was detained in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.

On May 23, 2023, police arrested Montesinos Sauceda, the parish priest of San Juan…

Eugenio Rodríguez Benavides is detained in relation to his religious beliefs and activities. 

On May 20, 2023, police arrested Rodríguez Benavides, parish priest of Divina…

Leonardo Guevara Gutiérrez was detained in relation to his religious beliefs and activities. 

On May 22, 2023, police arrested Guevara Gutiérrez, parish priest of Estelí…

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…

Fernando Zamora Silva was detained for his religious belief and activity. 

On July 9, 2023, police detained Zamora Silva, a Catholic priest and the chancellor of the Diocese of Siuna…

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…