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10 Baha'i women of Isfahan were sentenced to a total of 90 years in prison

  • Writer: iranprotests
    iranprotests
  • Oct 23, 2024
  • 1 min read

The judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran has sentenced 10 Bahá'í women in Isfahan to a total of 90 years in prison, alongside fines and other penalties, on charges such as "educational and promotional activities."

On Monday, October 22, based on the ruling from the First Branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Isfahan, the women, accused of "promotional educational activities," received decades of prison time and were fined hundreds of millions of tomans.


According to the ruling, Yeganeh Agahi, Yeganeh Rohbakhsh, Negin Khademi, Shana Shoghi-Far, Mozhgan Shahrezaei, Parastoo Hakim, Arezou Sobhanian, and Neda Badakhsh were each sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined 100 million tomans. One-third of the sentences for Khademi, Agahi, and Rohbakhsh, as well as half of the sentences for Shahrezaei, Hakim, Sobhanian, Badakhsh, and Shoghi-Far, have been suspended.


Additionally, two other individuals, Neda Emadi and Bahareh Lotfi, were each sentenced to five years in prison and fined 50 million tomans, with four years of their sentences also suspended.


The ruling, issued by Judge Tavakoli, lists "holding educational classes in English, painting, music, yoga, and nature camps for Iranian and Afghan children and teenagers" as examples of their alleged criminal activities.


Moreover, the court ordered the confiscation of their possessions, including mobile phones, laptops, other electronic devices, gold jewelry, and any US and Australian dollars they had, for the "Muslims' fund."

 
 
 

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