Arrest date
Prison
Date of trial/
court order issued
Sentence
Jan 6, 2010
Semnan Prison
Was not tried
revoked.
Released on bail
21 June 2011 - Semnan Prison
began serving
sentence
Mr. Afshin
Heyratian
Mr. Kamran
Rahimian
Trial held on 17 April
2010. Court order
issued on 4 May 2010.
Appeal hearing was
held on 9 January 2011
in the Court of Appeal
of province of Semnan.
Appeal was denied on
6 February 2011.
Jun 3, 2010
Evin
Aug 20, 2011
Evin; transferred to
Gohardasht
6-Nov-10
Sep 13, 2011
Transferred to Gohardasht
in December
Sentence issued on
01 February 2012
Mr. Hasan-Gholi) Sep 4, 2011
Delavarmanesh
Transferred to Yasouj on
22 May 2012
Mr. Afshin Ighani May 16, 2005
Semnan
Verdict issued on
12-April 2006; Appeals
court verdict issued on
21 September 2006
4 years
imprisonment
4 years
imprisonment
4 years
imprisonment
(sentence was
appealed)
4 years
imprisonment
91 days
imprisonment,
suspended for four
years; Sentence
upheld in appeals
Charge
Propaganda against the regime and activity against
national security
1) Forming groups, and membership in assemblies and
groups as described in the indictment, [to wit,]
formation of groups and membership in groups and
assemblies such as 19-Day Feasts; youth committees;
the Ruhi program; language groups; professional
[development] groups; devotional gatherings; news
sharing gatherings; athletic, arts, and education
committees, etc., with the intention of disturbing the
national security; 2) Activities against national security
through propaganda against the regime, as described in
the indictment, [to wit,] through espionage for the
enemies, and making efforts to develop and expand the
perverse sect of Bahaism, as well as penetrating the
financial, governmental, and civil cores and
disseminating perverse information against Islám and
exploiting the religious sanctities [of Muslims]; 3) Use,
possession and distribution of 63 illegal compact discs
containing appalling and offensive material as
described in the indictment.
Charged with activities related to human rights issues
and writing articles
Assembly and conspiracy, with criminal intent, against
national security and membership in the perverse sect
of Bahaism.
1) Conspiracy and assembly with the intention to act
against the national security by membership in perverse
Bahaist sect as the primary director of the Department
of Psychology at the illegal Bahaist university under
the direction of the House of Justice; 2) Earning illegal
income in the sum of 750,000,000 rial (This charge was
withdrawn)
Creating public nuisance, non-compliance with the
judgement of confiscation of property, and forcible
entry and detainer of others’ property
1) Creating anxiety in the minds of the public and those
of the Iranian officials; 2) propaganda against the
government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
A/HRC/28/70
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