Isfahan Revolutionary Court tried 15 Baha'i women again.

On Wednesday, September 25, fifteen Bahá'í women were tried for the second time in Branch 1 of the Isfahan Revolutionary Court on charges of "educational and promotional activities incompatible with Islam."

These women—Mozhgan Pourshafi Ardestani, Nasrin Khadem Ghohgharhi, Azita Rezvani Khah, Sholeh Ashouri, Mozhdeh Bahamin, Boshra Motahar, Sara Shakib, Samira Shakib, Roya Azadkhosh, Noushin Hemmat, Shourangiz Bahamin, Sanaz Rasteh, Maryam Khorsandi, Farkhondeh Rezvan Pey, and Firoozeh Rasti Nejad—faced legal action.

This trial followed another on the previous day, where 10 other Bahá'í women were tried in the Isfahan Revolutionary Court on charges of "spreading statements against the government." Back in May, each of these 15 women had been sentenced to five years in prison, fined 50 million tomans, banned from social services for five years, and prohibited from leaving the country for two years.

The case was sent to the provincial review court in late September 2024, but after the court highlighted procedural issues, it was returned to the Revolutionary Court for revisions. The government’s pressure on these Bahá'í women has been ongoing, with twelve of them arrested in 2021 and later released on bail. Additionally, the homes of four of them were previously searched by security forces.