… Gender: Female Current Location: Birjand Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … to Voice of America (VOA) "Atieh Salehi" United for Iran "۶ شهروند بهایی جهت اجرای حکم راهی زندان بیرجند شدند" …
… Gender: Female Current Location: Birjand Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … to Voice of America (VOA) "Roya Melaki" United for Iran "۶ شهروند بهایی جهت اجرای حکم راهی زندان بیرجند شدند" …
… ملاکی Gender: Male Current Location: Birjand Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … to Voice of America (VOA) "Ataollah Melaki" United for Iran "۶ شهروند بهایی جهت اجرای حکم راهی زندان بیرجند شدند" …
… Female Current Location: Evin Prison, Tehran Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Health Concerns: Broken hip; … United for Iran USCIRF Press Release: USCIRF Condemns Iran’s Religious Persecution of Baha’is November 15, 2023 …
… Gender: Female Current Location: Birjand Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … to Voice of America (VOA) "Arezou Mohammadi" United for Iran "More Baha’is Begin Serving Prison Sentences in Iran …
… Name(s): بهنام اسکندریان Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … medical care. Sources: " Behnam Eskandarian " United For Iran "Harsh Sentences for Three Young Iranian Baha’is" Iran …
… Name(s): یلدا فیروزیان Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … COVID-19 pandemic. Sources: " Yalda Firouzian " United For Iran "Harsh Sentences for Three Young Iranian Baha’is" Iran …
… Female Current Location: Bandar Abbas Prison Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … to Voice of America (VOA) “Mahnaz Jan Nesar” United for Iran “با پایان مرخصی؛ هشت شهروند بهائی به زندان بندرعباس …
… Female Current Location: Bandar Abbas Prison Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … to Voice of America (VOA) “Maral Rasti” United for Iran “با پایان مرخصی؛ هشت شهروند بهائی به زندان بندرعباس …
… Naimi, Afif Naemi, عفیف نعیمی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … United for Iran USCIRF Press Release: USCIRF Condemns Iran’s Religious Persecution of Baha’is November 15, 2023 …
… Female Current Location: Qarchak Prison Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … United for Iran USCIRF Press Release: USCIRF Condemns Iran’s Religious Persecution of Baha’is November 15, 2023 …
… Kurd Afshari, صبا کردافشاری Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Unspecified Health Concerns: Ulcers, … Sources: Photo attributed to Voice of America (VOA) "Iran Releases 7 Women Activists from Prison, Reports Say" …
… Prison, Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Baluch Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni … prison for "armed activity against the Islamic Republic of Iran and sedition." In January 2020, the Supreme Court …
… Prison, Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Baluch Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni … prison for "armed activity against the Islamic Republic of Iran and sedition." In January 2020, the Supreme Court …
… Male Current Location: Bandar Abbas Prison Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … to Voice of America (VOA) “Arash Rasekhi” United for Iran “با پایان مرخصی؛ هشت شهروند بهائی به زندان بندرعباس …
… Yasaman Ariyani, یاسمن آریانی Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other Health … 15, 2023 USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom in Iran in 2022 July 2022 USCIRF Spotlight Podcast: Religious …
… زهرا صدیقی همدانی, ساره منصوری Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Kurd Religion or Belief: Unspecified … it was reported that Sedighi-Hamadani had safely fled Iran for another undisclosed country. Related Cases: Elham …
… Male Current Location: Bandar Abbas Prison Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … to Voice of America (VOA) "Mehrallah Afshar" United for Iran “با پایان مرخصی؛ هشت شهروند بهائی به زندان بندرعباس …
… Male Current Location: Bandar Abbas Prison Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … to Voice of America (VOA) "Nasim Ghanvatian" United For Iran “با پایان مرخصی؛ هشت شهروند بهائی به زندان بندرعباس …
… Amini, مهسا (ژینا) امینی Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Unspecified Reports of Torture: Yes … October 14, 2022 USCIRF Press Release: USCIRF Condemns Iran’s Government For Killing of Young Woman with “Improper …
… Vahid Roghangir, محمد روغنگیر Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Christian – … authorities arrested Roghangir, a member of the Church of Iran, after authorities raided a house-church in Shiraz. He …
… Male Current Location: Semnan Prison, Semnan Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … Available Information: Baha'i International Community-Iran News Bulletin #11-2025 Archives of Baha'i Persecution in …
… Current Location: Adilabad Prison, Shiraz Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … Prison, Shiraz. Sources: "Hayedeh Ram" United for Iran "44 Iranian Baha’is arrested, arraigned or jailed in …
… Afshin Bolbolan, افشین بلبلان Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … transferred to Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan Province. Iran Wire reported that Branch 1 of the Isfahan Revolutionary …
… Dastgerd Prison, Dastgerd, Borkhar, Isfahan Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … transferred to Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan Province. Iran Wire reported that Branch 1 of the Isfahan Revolutionary …
… Dastgerd Prison, Dastgerd, Borkhar, Isfahan Perpetrator: Iran Ethnic Group: Fars Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of … transferred to Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan province. Iran Wire reported that Branch 1 of the Isfahan Revolutionary …
… Additional Name(s): میلاد داوردان Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … transferred to Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan Province. Iran Wire reported that Branch 1 of the Isfahan Revolutionary …
… Raheleh Ahmadi, راحله احمدی Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other Health … 13, 2022, Ahmadi was released from prison. Sources: Iran International English, Tweet , October 13, 2022 USCIRF …
… Gender: Male Current Location: Evin Prison Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Health Concerns: Previously … as a manager for a dissolved Baha’i group named “Yaran e Iran” or “Friends of Iran,” an organization that aimed to …
… Name(s): منیره عربشاهی Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Muslim – Shi'a Health Concerns: … 15, 2023 USCIRF Country Update: Religious Freedom in Iran in 2022 July 2022 USCIRF Spotlight Podcast: Religious …
… Additional Name(s): عادل نعیمی Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Health Concerns: Diabetes, … the sentences run concurrently. According to United For Iran, Naimi was charged with "founding or leading an …
… Bahareh Zaini, بهاره زینی Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … Zayni was reportedly transferred to Dowlatabad Prison. Iran Wire reported that the 1st Branch of the Isfahan …
… Fozhan Rashidi, فوژان رشیدی Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … Rashidi was reportedly transferred to Dowlatabad Prison. Iran Wire reported that Branch 1 of the Isfahan Revolutionary …
… Saham Aramin, سهام آرمین Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports of Torture: No … transferred to Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan Province. Iran Wire reported that Branch 1 of the Isfahan Revolutionary …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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. …
… 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): 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 …
… 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 …
… 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. …
… 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 …
… 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 …