Name
Arrest date
Prison
Date of trial/
court order issued
Mrs. Faran
Hesami
(Rahimian
Sep 14, 2011
Evin
Jul 15, 2012
Evin
Aug 23, 2011
Evin
Aug 22, 2012
Unknown
Mar 2, 2010
Nikbakht detention center
Unknown
in Esfahan; Flown to
Tehran on 3-Mar-10 (Evin)
Tabriz; Later transferred to Court of appeal upheld
Gohardasht 10 September
verdict 10-Aug-11
2012
Mr. Vahed
Kholousi
Mr. Navid
Khanjani
Sentence
Charge
14-Sep-11
4 years
imprisonment
Court order issued:
21 January 2012;
appeals order issued
09 May 2012.
4 years’
imprisonment
Using falsely obtained degrees, illegal counselling,
running illegal classes, defrauding the public, and
spreading prostitution
a. 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; b. Earning illegal
income in the sum of 7,000,000 tuman. (dismissed)
Collaboration with human rights activists
Release on bail
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mr. Shayan
Vahdati
Aug 22, 2012
Tabriz
Unknown
12 years’
imprisonment
+ 5 million rial
(~US$500) fine
Acquitted
Mr. Kayvan
Rahimian
Summoned 28
July 2011
Sep 30, 2012
Evin
27-Feb-12
Release on bail
Evin; Rjai Shahr
(4-Oct-2012)
12-Jun-12
Mar 12, 2011
Semnan
5 years’
imprisonment +
97,877,000 rial
fine (~US$8,000)
Release on bail
Sep 22, 2012
Semnan
Aug 22, 2012
Mrs. Zohreh
Nikayin
(Tebyania) and
infant child
Initially: 7 years
imprisonment as
well as
confiscation of
materials and
documents related
to the illegal
Engaging in human rights activities, illegal assembly
(in support of university students deprived of higher
education), and disturbance of the general public’s
opinion
Initially: “involvement in subversive political activities
against the regime through providing assistance to the
earthquake victims”; Changed to “distributing
contaminated food”
Using falsely obtained degrees, illegal counselling,
running illegal classes, defrauding the public
Assembly and collusion with intent to commit acts of
crime against national security, membership in the
perverse sect of Bahaism, and earning illegal income
Propaganda against the regime
1) Forming illegal administrative groups known as
moral education classes with intent to attract Muslims
and to promote the ideologies of the perverse sect of
Bahaism, and being present among Muslims;
2) Membership in groups and illegal organizations,
including the Ruhi institute, organizing gatherings,
science and technology [sic], and Nineteen Day Feasts
A/HRC/28/70
59
Was interrogated for
4 hours on 16 April
2011 (almost two weeks
after her release). Trial
held on 7 August 2011
in absentia. Sentence
issued on 8 December
Initially: “involvement in subversive political activities
against the regime through providing assistance to the
earthquake victims”; Changed to: “distributing
contaminated food”
Collaboration with human rights activists
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