Currently Imprisoned, Prisoners of Conscience - 14th May 2009 - 3 Comments »
Baha’is Currently Imprisoned in Iran
Nine Pointed Star -- One Symbol of the Baha'i Faith
Current as of 16 July 2009 (only published names; information changes daily and some arrests go undocumented)
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2. Haleh Rouhi — arrested 19 May 2006 in Shiraz and sentenced to 4 years in prison.
3. Raha Sabet — arrested 19 May 2006 in Shiraz and sentenced to 4 years in prison .
4. Sasan Taqva — arrested 19 May 2006 in Shiraz and sentenced to 4 years in prison.
5. Pouriya Habibi — arrested 27 January 2008. Currently being held in Tehran’s Evin prison.
6. Simin Mokhtiari — arrested 27 January 2008. Currently being held in Tehran’s Evin prison.
7. Mahvash Sabet — arrested 5 March 2008 who is being held in Evin prison in Tehran.
8. Fariba Kamalabadi Taefi — first arrested on 26 July 2005 and again on 14 May 2008. Currently being held in Tehran’s Evin prison with no trial date set or charges filed.
9. Jamaloddin Khanjani — first arrested on 25 September 2007 and again on 14 May 2008. Currently being held in Tehran’s Evin prison with no trial date set or charges filed.
10. Afif Naemi — arrested on 14 May 2008 and is being held in Evin prison with no trial or charge announced.
11. Saeid Rezaie — arrested on 14 May 2008 and is being held in Evin prison with no trial or charge announced.
12. Behrouz Tavakkoli – first arrested on 26 July 2005 and again on 14 May 2008. He is being held in Tehran’s Evin prison with no trial carried out.
13. Vahid Tizfahm — arrested 14 May 2008 in Tehran and being held in Evin prison with no trial having been held.
14. Mehran Bandi – arrested 29 May 2008 in Yazd and is serving a sentence of 3 1/2 years in prison and 3 years imprisonment in exile in Shahre Babak in Kerman.
15. Foad Naeimi — first arrested on 28 August 2005 and again on 22 May 2008 in Sari. Serving a 2 1/2 year prison sentence and 2 years imprisonment in exile sentence in Eghlid, Fars.
16. Rouhieh Yazdani — arrested on 26 October 2008 in Yasouj. Sentenced to 4 years in prison with two years suspended.
17. Zolaykha Ravanbakhsh (Mousavi) — arrested on 26 October 2008 in Yasouj and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment with two years suspended.
18. (Mir) Aliaskar Ravanbakhsh — arrested 26 October 2008 in Yasouj and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment with two years suspended.
19. Feizollah Rowshan — first arrested 1 November 2006 and again on 6 December 2008 in Sari. Sentenced to 1 year in prison and 4 years imprisonment in exile in Damghan.
20. Sahba Fanaiyan (Rezvani) — arrested 15 December 2008 in Semnan. No trial has been announced and sentences any sentence is unknown.
21. Adel Fanaiyan — first arrested 18 May 2005 and again on 4 January 2009 in Semnan. Sentenced to 6 months in prison.
22. Abbas Nourani — first arrested 18 May 2005 and again on 4 January 2009 in Semnan. Sentenced to 6 months in prison.
23. Taherverdi Eskandarian — arrested 4 January 2009 in Semnan and sentenced to 6 months in prison.
24. Saman Sabeti — arrested 4 February 2009 in Ghaemshahr. No trial date has been set or announced and any charges or sentencing unknown.
25. Kayvan Karami – arrested 21 February 2009 in Shiraz. No trial date has been set or announced and any charges or sentencing unknown.
26. Payman Roohi — arrested 1 March 2009 in Yazd. No trial date has been set or announced and any charges or sentencing unknown.
27. Rostam Behifar — arrested 1 March 2009 in Yazd. No trial date has been set or announced and any charges or sentencing unknown.
28. Badiollah Abolfazli — first arrested 14 July 2008 and again on 2 March 2009 in Nashtarood, Sari. Sentenced to 2 years in prison.
29. Pooya Tebyanian — arrested 8 March 2009 in Semnan and sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison.
30. Shahram Chiniyan Miandoabi — arrested in March 2009. Location of detention either Hassanabad or Miandoab.
31. Moshfegh Samandari — arrested 14 April 2009 in Babol. No trial date has been set or announced and any charges or sentencing are unknown.
32. Vahdat Dana — first arrested 25 May 2009 and again on 25 April 2009 in Shiraz.
33. Shahram Safajou — arrested 26 April 2009 in Karaj.
34. Mohammad Reza Kandi — first arrested 9 April 2008 and again on 25 April 2009 in Manzandaran. Sentenced to 7 months in prison.
35. Ms. Manijeh Nasrollahi — former member of the Semnan Khademin (the group that used to take care of the affairs of the Baha’i community at the local level), was arrested in her home in Semnan on 17 June 2009 by Intelligence Ministry agents. No more details are known.
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lzrry mackillop
Hi, the Baha’is of Iran have faced some form of persecution, including execution, since the beginning of the Baha’i Faith. These Baha’is’ only crime is to believe in the Baha’i Faith as the most current revelation from God. The most current message. 
Anything that anyone does or says, the governmemt in iran calls political. So I would ask the government of Iran the following:
1. How long will you stray from the Path of Islam?
2. Has not the time come for you to see the truth?
3. Who’s, Words, are these?
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Am I correct that Baha’i people have long been purged in Iran?
larry mackillop
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