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 "…

Neda Fotouhi is imprisoned for her membership in a religious organization and activism.

In October 2023, Iranian security forces arrested Fotouhi, an Iranian follower of Erfan-e-Halgheh,…

Assad bin Nasser al-Ghamdi was sentenced on religious-based charges related to social media activity criticizing the Saudi government, including the authorities’ sidelining of the Saudi religious…

Mojdeh Falahi is detained for her religious belief. 
In September 2024, Iranian security authorities arrested Falahi, a Christian convert, in Shiraz. Falahi reportedly went to the Shiraz…

Mazaher Heydari is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In June 2024, Iranian security forces arrested Heydari, a Gonabadi Sufi who has advocated for women’s rights…

Narges Nasri was detained for her religious conversion.

In November 2024, Iranian intelligence authorities detained Nasri after raiding her Tehran home, during which they confiscated…

Morteza Faghanpour-Saasi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In June 2024, Iranian authorities arrested Morteza for distributing "illegal" Christian books and…

Abolfazl Ahmadzadeh-Khajani is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In June 2024, Iranian authorities arrested Ahmadzadeh-Khajani and pressured him to renounce his…

Hessamuddin Mohammad Joneydi was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In June 2024, Iranian authorities arrested Joneydi and pressured him to renounce his faith. 

In…

Mehran Shamloui is imprisoned for his religious activity and conversion. 

In 2024, Iranian authorities arrested Shamloui for participating in a house church. 

In December…

Zahra Gholami is imprisoned for her religious conversion and activity. 

In December 2023, several dozen Iranian intelligence agents raided Gholami's house church in Shahriar and…

Hossein Mohammadi is imprisoned for his religious conversion and activity. 

In December 2023, 30 Iranian intelligence agents raided Mohammadi's house church in Shahriar and arrested him…

Teymur Hosseini is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In December 2023, Iranian authorities arrested Hosseini after raiding his home and workplace. 

In February 2024,…

Aida Najaflou is imprisoned for her religious conversion and activity. 

In February 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Aida, a Christian convert, along with four other Christians for…

Nayereh Arjaneh is imprisoned for her religious conversion and activity.

On July 7, 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Arjaneh and her husband at their home for attending a Christian seminar…

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…

Mohammad Soltani is imprisoned for his religious expression. 

In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Soltani for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…

Abbas Soori is imprisoned for his religious activity and conversion. 

In November 2024, Iranian intelligence authorities arrested Abbas Soori while raiding his home, confiscating Bibles…

Mohammad-Reza Asadi is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Nik-Ahd for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…

Abolfazl Khoran is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Khoran for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…

Mostafa Kamani is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Kamani for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…

Ramtin Edrisi is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Edrisi for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…

Mahmoud Mardani is imprisoned for his religious conversion and activity. 

In December 2021, plainclothes intelligence agents arrested Mardani, a Christian convert from Islam, and his…

Mansour Mardani is imprisoned for his religious conversion and activity.

In December 2021, plainclothes intelligence agents arrested Mardani, a Christian convert from Islam, and his brother…

Parvin Ghadiani is detained for her religious conversion and activity. 

In January 2024, Iranian security forces arrested Ghadiani, a Christian convert from Islam, for "proselytizing…

Malik al-Dowaish is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In July 2022, Saudi authorities arrested Malik al-Dowaish for peacefully advocating for his father, Sulaiman al-…

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…

Mohammedreza Tabri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy. 

In January 2026, police in Tehran arrested Tabri during city-wide protests. 

Shortly…

Awad al-Qarni is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious belief and leadership role. 

In September 2017, authorities arrested Qarni, a renowned Sunni preacher and scholar,…

Amir-Ali Minaei is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In December 2023, Iranian officials arrested Minaei for his involvement with a Christian house church. 

In March…

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…

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…

Ghazal Marzban is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

In January 2026, authorities arrested Ghazal Marzban, a Catholic Christian convert, at her home in Tehran.…

Mahsa Sotoudeh is detained for her religious belief. 

In spring 2026, agents of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested Sotoudeh along with her…

Mandana Sotoudeh is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In spring 2026, agents of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested…

Behzad Basiri is detained for his religious belief and association. 

In spring 2026, agents of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp arrested Basiri…

Romina Khazali is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In spring 2026, intelligence authorities arrested Khazali along with her husband and another Baha'i family in their…

Behzad Yazdani is detained for his religious belief and association. 

In spring 2026, intelligence authorities arrested Yazdani along with his wife and another Baha'i family in their…

Mary Mohammadi is forcibly disappeared for her religious belief. 

In February 2026, Iranian Ministry of Intelligence authorities disappeared Mohammadi, a Christian convert and human…

Mohammad Labbad is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In September 2017, Saudi authorities detained Labbad, brother of Jalal Labbad, for…

Mohammad Abdullah al-Faraj is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In February 2017, plainclothes officers abducted al-Faraj from his home for…