Meysam Azimi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Azimi, as…

Hamid Zandi Nejhad was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Nejhad…

Navid Hassanlou was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…

Seyed Foad Shah-Ebrahimi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis,…

Faezeh Ranai was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Ranai,…

Naghi Rahmani was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Rahmani, as…

Masoum Razavi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Razavi, as…

Hamid Afshari was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Afshari, as…

Rashid Mohammadi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…

Bardia Tajdini was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Tajdini, as…

Meraj Hemmati was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Hemmati…

Amin Malekzade was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…

Farzad Rahmatabadi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…

Seyed Fariborz Shah-Ebrahimi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis,…

Noshad Taheri was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Taheri…

Ali Nazari was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Nazari, as…

Seyed Farhad Zalnouri was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…

Seyed Fereydoun Taheri was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis,…

Mohammad Bahrami was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…

Ghadir Rahimi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Rahimi…

Hamid Gorgin was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Gorgin, as…

Mehr-Ali Hemmati was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Hemmati,…

Nemat Pourvali was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Pourvali,…

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…

Ruslan Suleimanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Suleimanov, a citizen journalist and activist from the Crimean Solidarity…

Seyyed-Karam Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On December 1, 2022, authorities in Saveh reportedly beat and arrested Abbasi, a Yarsani…

Syeed-Amin Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On or around November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Abbasi, his brother Seyyed-Soroush…

Seyyed-Soroush Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On or around November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Abbasi, his brother Syeed-Amin…

Boris Andreyev is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On October 6, 2022, authorities in Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Territory, arrested Andreyev following searches on the homes of…

Natalya Sharapova is detained for her religious belief and activity.

On October 6, 2022, authorities in Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Territory, arrested Sharapova following searches on the homes…

Anatoliy Li is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On October 12, 2022, authorities in Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Territory, arrested Li. The week before, authorities searched the…

Yashar Muyedinov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Muyedinov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing…

Rustem Sheikhaliev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Sheikhaliev, a citizen journalist from the Crimean Solidarity movement,…

Osman Arifmemetov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 28, 2019, authorities arrested and beat Arifmemetov, a citizen journalist and activist from the Crimean…

Akim Bekirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Bekirov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…

Seytveli Seytabdiyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Seytabdiyev, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…

Rustem Seytkhalilov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Seytkhalilov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing…

Aleksandr Dubovenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 1, 2022, the Armyansk City Court of the Republic of Crimea - Russian-occupied Ukraine - sentenced…

Aleksandr Litvinyuk is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 1, 2022, the Armyansk City Court of the Republic of Crimea - Russian-occupied Ukraine - sentenced…

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…

Asan Yanikov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Yanikov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…

Tofik Abdulgaziyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Abdulgaziyev, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…

Vladlen Abduklkadyrov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 28, 2019, authorities arrested and beat Abduklkadyrov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity…

Izzet Abdullayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Abdullayev, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing…

Medzhit Abdurakhmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Abdurakhmanov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…

Bilyal Adilov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Adilov, an imam and activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…

Remzi Bakirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 28, 2019, authorities arrested and beat Bakirov, a citizen journalist and activist from the Crimean Solidarity…

Riza Izetov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Izetov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…

Farkhod Bazarov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Bazarov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him…

Raim Ayvazov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On April 17, 2019, authorities detained Ayvazov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, at a border crossing…

Shaban Umerov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Umerov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…

Erfan Osmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Osmanov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him…

Seiran Murtaza is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Murtaza, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him…

Alim Karimov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Karimov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…

Dzhemil Gafarov was imprisoned and died in state custody for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Gafarov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement…

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…

Shahram Naderi was detained for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 6, 2022, authorities in Kermanshah reportedly arrested Naderi in relation to his religious…

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.…

Mansour Safayi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On December 12, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Safayi after summoning him.

In…

Siavash Hayati was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Hayati alongside other other Yarsani…

Kaki Farzad Almasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Almasi alongside other other…

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…

Anahita Khademi was detained for practicing her religion as a convert.

On January 3, 2023, authorities in Bandar Anzali reportedly arrested Khademi after summoning her. She was…

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…

Valeriy Kriger is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 19, 2022, the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region sentenced Kriger to seven…

Dmitriy Zagulin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 19, 2022, the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region sentenced Zagulin to three…

Sergey Shulyarenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 19, 2022, the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region sentenced Shulyarenko to…

Sergey Kardakov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Kardakov to six years and…

Sergey Yermilov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Yermilov to six years and…

Adam Svarichevskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Svarichevskiy to six…

Anton Olshevskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Olshevskiy to six years…

Sergey Afanasiyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Afanasiyev to six years…

Lian Changnian is detained for his religious activity.

On August 17, 2022, police arrested Lian, who is a pastor, and two other members of the unregistered house church Church of…

Fu Juan is detained for her religious activity.

On August 17, 2022, police arrested Fu and two other members of the unregistered house church Church of Abundance in Xi’an city,…

Lian Xuliang is detained for his religious activity.

On August 17, 2022, police arrested Lian, who is a pastor, and two other members of the unregistered house church Church of…

Taras Kuzio was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 11, 2021, authorities in Yalta, Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Kuzio after accusing him of…

Sergey Lyulin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On August 11, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Lyulin after accusing him of…

Pyotr Zhiltsov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On July 29, 2021, authorities in Yalta, Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Zhiltsov after accusing…

Ansar Osmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 9, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several individuals, including Osmanov,…

Radik Talipov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On June 22, 2021, authorities in Ufa detained several people, including Talipov, for their alleged membership to the…

Timur Khabibullin is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On June 22, 2021, authorities in Ufa detained several people, including Khabibullin, for their alleged…

Farit Kharisov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On June 22, 2021, authorities in Ufa detained several people, including Kharisov, for their alleged membership to…

Yegor Pogrebnyak was under house arrest for his religious activity.

On March 5, 2023, authorities in Vladivostok detained of several individuals, including Pogrebnyak, and searched their…

Yuriy Bycha was detained for his religious activity.

On March 5, 2023, authorities in Vladivostok detained of several individuals, including Bycha, and searched their homes.…

Sergey Novoselov was detained for his religious activity.

On March 5, 2023, authorities in Vladivostok detained of several individuals, including Novoselov, and searched their homes.…