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Thursday 18 August 2011More Than Fifty Baha'i Citizens Imprisoned in Iran
HRANA News Agency – While in various international gatherings and interviews conducted with foreign media, Iranian government officials continue to claim that no one is imprisoned in Iran because of their beliefs, according to official statistics, there are more than 50 Baha'i citizens either temporarily detained or serving prison terms in various cities throughout Iran. Additionally, there is at least the same number of Baha'i citizens waiting to be tried or sentenced in different cities all over the country. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), in various cities including Tehran, Karaj, Esfahan, Shiraz, Semnan, Mashhad, Urmia, Tabriz, Pars Abad, Ghaem Shahr, Babol, Sari, Kerman, Rafsanjan, Sanandaj, Yasuj and Kermanshah, there are a large number of Baha'i citizens who are in a legal state of limbo with their future uncertain. All of these Baha'i citizens have been arrested, charged or convicted of propaganda against the regime by the virtue of their Baha'i faith or acting against the national security through attending religious Baha'i gatherings, membership in Baha'i organizations, managing Baha'i communities in cities or the whole country, or defending the rights of Baha'i citizens in Iran. Baha'i citizens who are imprisoned in Iran’s official prisons or the detention centers operated by the Intelligence Agency include: Evin Prison – Women’s Ward 1. Mahvash Sabet – Sentenced to 20 years in prison (Previous member of Iranian Baha'i Governing Council) Evin Prison – Ward 350 7. Sama Norani – Sentenced to 1 year in prison Evin Prison – Temporarily Detention / Interrogation 9. Kiumars Bahin-A’in – Transferred from Esfahan Prison Rajai Shahr Prison – Karaj 23. Jamal Aldin Khanjani – Sentenced to 20 years in prison (Previous member of Iranian Baha'i Governing Council) Mashhad 28. Sima Eshraghi – Sentenced to 5 years in prison Semnan 39. Behfar Khanjani – Sentenced to 4 years in prison Khash 42. Mehran Bandi – Sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison (Transferred from Yazd Prison) Sari 43. Tareh Taghizadeh – Sentenced to 22 months in prison Amol 45. Houshang Fanaian – Sentenced to 4 years in prison Shiraz 46. Raha Sabet – Sentenced to 4 years in prison Esfahan 47. Vahid Misaghian – In temporary custody by Intelligence Agency Yasuj 53. Ali Bakhesh Bazr Afkan – Sentenced to 2 years and six months in prison |