… Niloufar Hamedi, نیلوفر حامدی Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Unspecified Reports of Torture: No … “Journalists Ordered to Serve Five Years in Prison in Iran” Human Rights Watch USCIRF Commissioners Susie Gelman …
… Male Current Location: Lakan Prison, Rasht Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) ARAM Iran, Tweet , October 1, 2023 "همایون خانلری، شهروند بهائی …
… Current Location: Qarchak Prison, Varamin Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: ECKist Reports of Torture: No … had been sentenced to death. According to United For Iran, Davari had been accused of "sinful relations, assembly …
… Gender: Male Current Location: Evin Prison Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sufi Date of Detainment: … for “insulting the former and current Supreme Court of Iran.” Moradi is expected to serve three years in prison as …
… Elahe Mohammadi, الهه محمدی Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Unspecified Reports of Torture: No … 2024 “Journalists Ordered to Serve Five Years in Prison in Iran” Human Rights Watch USCIRF Commissioners Susie Gelman …
… Location: Arak Central Prison, Arak, Markazi Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Unspecified Reports of Torture: No … Supreme Leader” (Art. 514 IPC) and then death. United For Iran reports he was charged with "insulting Islamic …
… Additional Name(s): محسن افروز Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sufi Reports of Torture: No … Activists News Agency (HRANA) USCIRF Annual Report 2024: Iran "Mohsen Afrouz" United For Iran ARAM Iran, Tweet , …
… Current Location: Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Baluch Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni … while detained. Sources: "ABDOLMAJID MORADZAHI" United For Iran USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom Conditions in …
… Moslim Rahimi, هادی رحیمی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … On May 14, 2020, Rahimi, a member of the Church of Iran, was taken into state custody after being unable to pay …
… زیرگی Gender: Male Current Location: Birjand Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … News Agency (HRANA) "Farid Moghaddam Ziragi" United for Iran "More Baha’is Begin Serving Prison Sentences in Iran …
… Omidi, Johann, محمدرضا امیدی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Christian – … authorities arrested Omidi, a member of the Church of Iran, and several others while they were performing religious …
… Name(s): آزیتا رفیعزاده Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … to Bahá’í World News Service "Azita Rafizadeh" United For Iran "Azita Rafizadeh, a Baha’i Citizen, Has Been Released …
… Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Health Concerns: Heart, … World News Service "Hassan Momtaz Sarvestani" United For Iran "Baha’i Hassan Sarvestani Released from Evin Prison …
… Najaf Tomraei, شهرام نجف تومرائی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … IranWire USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom in Iran in 2022 July 2022 "Baha’i Citizen Shahram …
… Name(s): شهدخت خانجانی Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Sentence: 11 Years' … concurrently. In February 2024, the Court of Appeals in Iran’s central Semnan province upheld Khanhani's 11-year …
… Enayat Naimi, عنایت الله نعیمی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … of the now-disbanded religious group called “Yaran-i-Iran” or “Friends in Iran." On an unspecified date, Naeimi …
… Zeinab Jalalian, زینب جلالیان Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Kurd Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni … living conditions. Sources: “Zeynad Jalalian” United for Iran “Iran: Further information: Jailed Iranian Kurdish woman …
… Additional Name(s): فریبا دلیر Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … Dalir was sentenced to two years in prison. United For Iran lists the charge as "founding or leading an organization …
… Name(s): جواد کریمزایی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Baluch Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni … religious school in Zahedan. According to United For Iran, it is likely that Karimzaei has been released. …
… Current Location: Qezalhasar Prison, Karaj Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … of unlawful content.” Sources: "PAYAM VALI" United For Iran USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom Conditions in …
… Additional Name(s): سعیده خضوعی Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Health Concerns: Migraines … bail. Sources: USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom in Iran in 2022 July 2022 "Saeideh Khozouei" United For Iran …
… Additional Name(s): پویا صراف Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … Activists News Agency (HRANA) "POUYA SARRAF" United For Iran USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom Conditions in …
… Kamal Namanian, کمال نعمانیان Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … at a house-church. Other members of the Church of Iran in Rasht were reportedly arrested around the same time. …
… Name(s): خلیل دهقانپور Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … at a house-church. Other members of the Church of Iran in Rasht were reportedly arrested around the same time. …
… Additional Name(s): محمد وفادار Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … Vafadar at a house-church. Other members of the Church of Iran in Rasht were reportedly arrested around the same time. …
… Additional Name(s): حسین کدیور Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … Kadivar at a house-church. Other members of the Church of Iran in Rasht were reportedly arrested around the same time. …
… Additional Name(s): صهبا فرنوش Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … Agency (HRANA) USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom in Iran in 2022 July 2022 "Sahba Farnoush" United for Iran …
… Misaghian, محبوبه میثاقیان Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … News Agency (HRANA) "Mahboubeh Misaghian" United for Iran "بهائیان یزد؛ محبوبه میثاقیان جهت تحمل حبس راهی زندان …
… Additional Name(s): شهناز ثابت Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … Agency (HRANA) USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom in Iran in 2022 July 2022 "انتقال یک شهروند بهائی برای تحمل حبس …
… Name(s): Badi Khazei, بدیع خاضعی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom Conditions in Iran September 2023 "Baha’i Citizen Badi Khazei Sentenced to …
… Name(s): فائزه عبدی پور Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sufi Reports of Torture: No … known for discussing the situation of Gonabadi Sufis in Iran with media outlets and human rights organizations. On …
… Faraz Haghighatjo, فراز حقیقت جو Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … Activists News Agency (HRANA) "Another Baha’i Arrested In Iran" IranWire "فراز حقیقت جو، شهروند بهائی توسط نیروهای …
… Name(s): Anna Khademi Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … charged with ‘disturbing public opinion’" Article 18 "Iran: Christian convert released on bail still faces charges" …
… Female Current Location: Lakan Prison, Rasht Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … 2020, authorities took Behjati, a member of the Church of Iran, into custody after being unable to pay bail. …
… Sepehr Ziyaei, سپهر ضیائی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … Activists News Agency (HRANA) "SEPEHR ZIAEI" United For Iran USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom Conditions in …
… Male Current Location: Evin Prison, Tehran Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Christian – … authorities arrested Fadaei, a member of the Church of Iran, and several others while performing religious rites at …
… حقنژاد Gender: Male Current Location: Minab Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … Court in Bandar Anzali, Gilan Province, in northern Iran would hear a new case against Haghenjad and nine other …
… Mowlawi Abdolaziz Omarzahi Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Baluch Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni … USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom Conditions in Iran September 2023 "Special Report: Sunni Clerics in the …
… Kashan, مجیدرضا سوزنچی کاشانی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … reports about the nature of the charges. United For Iran reports he was charged with "membership in organizations …
… Koushkbaghi, پیمان کوشکباغی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … the educational institute, BIHE." According to United For Iran, Koushk-Baghi was charged with "assembling and colluding …
… Female Current Location: Kerman Prison Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom Conditions in Iran September 2023 HRANA English, Tweet , April 27, 2023 …
… Additional Name(s): مهدی خطیبی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … Khatibi at a house-church. Other members of the Church of Iran in Rasht were reportedly arrested around the same time. …
… Male Current Location: محمد اسلامدوست Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … at a house-church. Other members of the Church of Iran in Rasht were reportedly arrested around the same time. …
… Additional Name(s): رضا رسایی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Kurd Religion or Belief: Yarsani Reports … Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) "Supreme Court of Iran Upholds Death Sentence for Reza Rasaei" Human Rights …
… Additional Name(s): شکیلا منفرد Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other Health … six years and four months in prison and United for Iran reporting five years in prison. In March 2021, it was …
… Location: Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … Photo attributed to Article 18 USCIRF Annual Report 2024: Iran "Iranian-Armenian pastor ‘pardoned’, released from …
… Additional Name(s): فاطمه سپهری Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Muslim – Shi'a Reports of Torture: … social media activities and presence in media outside Iran.” In February 2023, it was reported that Branch 1 of the …
… Additional Name(s): بختیار عارفی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Kurd Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni … to disrupt national security" (Art. 499 IPC). United For Iran reports that this sentence was in relation to his …
… Male Current Location: Evin Prison, Tehran Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Health … Photo attributed to Article 18 USCIRF Annual Report 2023: Iran Article18, Tweet , October 17, 2022 USCIRF Country …
… Gender: Male Current Location: Arak Prison Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Unspecified Reports of Torture: No … دادبان, Tweet , May 4, 2023 USCIRF Annual Report 2022: Iran "همزمان با تایید حکم اعدام در دیوان عالی کشور؛ یوسف …
… Atash Shakarami, آتش شاکرمی Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Unspecified Reports of Torture: No … از آزادی: به زنده نگاه داشتن راستی و زیبایی ادامه می دهیم" Iran International “Nika Shakarami: Iran protester's family …
… Mossayebzadeh, محمدعلی مسیبزاده Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Christian – … arrested Mosayebzadeh, a member of the Church of Iran, and several others while they were performing religious …
… Additional Name(s): همایون ژاوه Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other Health … Photo attributed to Article 18 USCIRF Annual Report 2024: Iran " Parkinson's sufferer and wife acquitted, released from …
… Additional Name(s): حامی بهادری Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Date of Detainment: … USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom Conditions in Iran September 2023 "Hami Bahadori's Six-Year Sentence …
… Current Location: Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … Activists News Agency (HRANA) "SANAZ TAFAZOLI" United For Iran USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom Conditions in …
… Male Current Location: Shahr-e Kord Prison Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sufi Reports of Torture: No … of using these charges to target religious minorities in Iran, particularly Gonabadi Sufis who have protested against …
… Name(s): مریم نعمتاللهی Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Unspecified Reports of Torture: No … محکومیت به پنج سال زندان بهدلیل رقصیدن" United For Iran "Maryam Nematollahi" United For Iran … Maryam Nematollahi …
… Current Location: Adel Abad Prison, Shiraz Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Appeal: Reduced to 6 Months' … Agency (HRANA) "Two Baha’is in Shiraz Summoned to Prison" Iran Wire "سروش ایقانی، شهروند بهائی جهت تحمل حبس راهی زندان …
… Location: Pelak-e 100 detention center Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other … 100 detention center, which is under the jurisdiction of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry. In July 2019, Falahi’s two …
… Name(s): ابراهیم فیروزی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … charges and sentence are unclear. According to United For Iran, Firouzi was pardoned by law and conditionally released. …
… Additional Name(s): بهنام اخلاقی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … to his church activity. Other members of the Church of Iran in Rasht were reportedly arrested around the same time. …
… Hossein-Zadeh, بابک حسینزاده Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of … he was at a house-church. Other members of the Church of Iran in Rasht were reportedly arrested around the same time. …
… عباس کورکور مجاهد کورکور Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Lor Religion or Belief: Unspecified … News Agency (HRANA) "Mojahed Kourkour" United for Iran "Confirmation of Death Sentence for Mujahed Kurkur …
… Additional Name(s): شهنام جذبانی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: Yes … foreign States against the Islamic Republic of Iran” (Art. 508 IPC). In December 2016, Branch 2 of the …
… Name(s): ماریا خانجانی Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … as a manager for a dissolved Baha’i group named “Yaran e Iran” or “Friends of Iran,” an organization that aimed to …
… Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni Reports of Torture: … Activists News Agency (HRANA) USCIRF Annual Report 2024: Iran "Imam of Friday Prayer in Rask Apprehended by Security …
… Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other … to 16 years' imprisonment for purported violations of Iran's penal code, including 10 years for "propaganda …
… Gender: Male Current Location: Arak Prison Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Unspecified Reports of Torture: No … دادبان, Tweet , May 4, 2023 USCIRF Annual Report 2022: Iran "نگاهی به اعتصاب غذای ۱۱ زندانی در زندان های مختلف کشور …
… Additional Name(s): امین شریفی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … "Arrest of Amin Sharifi, a Baha’i citizen in Mashhad" Iran Press Watch "بازداشت امین شریفی، شهروند بهایی در مشهد" …
… Additional Name(s): سهراب نقیپور Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … from prison. Sources: "Sohrab Naghipour" United For Iran … Sohrab Naghipour …
… Additional Name(s): پژمان شهریاری Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … while in custody. Sources: "Pezhman Shahriari" United For Iran … Pezhman Shahriari …
… Additional Name(s): محبوب حبیبی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … while in custody. Sources: "Mahboub Habibi" United For Iran … Mahboub Habibi …
… Additional Name(s): فرزاد همایونی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … from prison. Sources: "Farzad Homayouni" United For Iran … Farzad Homayouni …
… Additional Name(s): منوچهر رحمانی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … from prison. Sources: "Manouchehr Rahmani" United For Iran … Manouchehr Rahmani …
… Male Current Location: Dastgerd Prison Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … had been rejected. Sources: "Farhang Sahba" United For Iran … Farhang Sahba …
… Name(s): پریزاد حمیدی شفق Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Unspecified Reports of Torture: No … Prison. Sources: “Parizad Hamidi Shafagh” United for Iran “پریزاد حمیدی شفق” Human Rights Activists News Agency …
… Current Location: Rajaei Shahr Prison, Karaj Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Kurd Religion or Belief: Unspecified … Mohamed” for his alleged Facebook activity. United For Iran lists the charges leveled against him at the time as …
… Additional Name(s): وصال ممتازی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … months in prison for “insulting the Supreme Leader of Iran,” and three years and six months in prison for …
… Current Location: Central Prison of Karaj Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Erfan-e Halgheh Practitioner Reports … prison visits for approximately two months. Sources: Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, Tweet , March 21, …
… Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni Reports of Torture: … Sources: USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom in Iran in 2022 July 2022 "Four Citizens Arrested by Security …
… Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni Reports of Torture: … Sources: USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom in Iran in 2022 July 2022 "Four Citizens Arrested by Security …
… Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni Reports of Torture: … Sources: USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom in Iran in 2022 July 2022 "Four Citizens Arrested by Security …
… Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni Reports of Torture: … Nisi Sources: USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom in Iran in 2022 July 2022 "Four Citizens Arrested by Security …