Baha’i boxing coach Amin Imanian sentenced to one year in prison in Babol

Hengaw – Saturday, May 23, 2026

Amin Imanian, a Baha’i adherent from Babol and a boxing coach active in the city’s sports community, has been sentenced to one year in prison by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

According to information obtained by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Amin Imanian was recently tried by the Revolutionary Court of Babol and sentenced to one year of discretionary imprisonment on charges of “propaganda against the state.” The verdict was officially communicated to him in recent days.

Amin Imanian works as a boxing coach and is active in Babol as an official referee and club trainer.

The issuance of prison sentences against Baha’i adherents under security-related charges such as “propaganda against the state” is part of the Iranian government’s ongoing and systematic pressure on religious minorities and the deprivation of their civil and professional rights.

No further details are available regarding the case or the specific activities cited by the court as the basis for issuing the sentence