Sabin Yazdani, a Baha'i citizen, art dyed and transferred to Kechoui prison to serve his sentence

Hengaw: Saturday, August 5th, 2023
 

Negin Rezaei, Nakissa Sadeghi, Ramleh Tirgarnezhad, Kamyar Habibi, Mahsa Tirgar Behnmiri, Elham Sharqi Arani, Sadaf Sheikhzadeh, Shahrazad Mastori and Saman Ostowar, nine Baha'i adherents, were arrested and transferred to Karaj Central Prison and Kachouie Prison to execute their prison sentences.
 

According to the report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Saturday, August 5th, 2023, nine Baha'i adherents living in Karaj, after being summoned and referred to the execution branch of the Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office of this city, were arrested. And Saman Ostowar, Kamyar Habibi were transferred to Karaj Central Prison.

Negin Rezaei, Nakissa Sadeghi, Ramleh Tirgarnezhad, Mahsa Tirgar Behnmiri, Elham Sharqi Arani, Sadaf Sheikhzadeh and Shahrazad Mastori were transferred to Kachouie Prison.
 

Recently, the 12th branch of the Alborz Provincial Court of Appeal sentenced Kamyar Habibi and Saman Ostowar to five years in prison each, Ramleh Tirgarnezhad, Elham Sharqi Arani to three years in prison, as well as Nakissa Sadeghi, Mahsa Tirgar Behnmiri, Sadaf Sheikhzadeh, Negin Rezaei and Shahrazad Mastori were sentenced to two years and one month of imprisonment each.
 

For additional punishment, each of these citizens were sentenced to pay a fine, to be banned from leaving the country, and to be deprived of the right to join political, cultural, and social parties and groups.
 

The charges against these citizens are "acting against national security through the participation and formation of a group of individuals with the intention of disrupting the country's security through promoting the Baha'i religion among children and teenagers", "propaganda against the holy Islamic law through the education", "Insult and propaganda activity against the holy law of Islam". 
 

Mahsa Tirgar, Elham Sharqi Arani, Nakissa Sadeghi, Sadaf Sheikhzadeh, Shahrazad Mastori, Negin Rezaei and Saman Ostowar were arrested by the forces of the Intelligence Department in Alborz province in July and August, 2022, and released on bail until the completion of the proceedings.
 

Also, on September 10th, 2022, Kamyar Habibi was arrested by the government forces and taken to Ghezelhasar prison. After a while, on December 13th, 2022, he was temporarily released on bail until the completion of the proceedings.

On October 4th, 2022, Ramleh Tirgarnezhad, Kamyar Habibi's wife, was summoned to the investigation branch of the General and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office of Alborz province, and after the charge of "propaganda against the Islamic Religion" was explained, she was temporarily released on bail until the end of the proceedings.